The Latest Breaking News from the Arabian Sea

A lonely island in the Arabian Sea some 150 miles off the Horn of Africa, Socotra figures in ancient texts as a place of mystery and enchantment. It seems Greek and Arab sailors once spoke of it as an earthly paradise, perfumed with frankincense and bristling with magical trees.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which wreaked havoc in Gujarat earlier this month, was the longest-duration cyclonic storm in the northern Indian Ocean since 1977, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Only on June 11, or four days before Biparjoy commenced landfall on June 15, did the IMD first suggest that the storm would strike India.

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shared a video clip from the International Space Station of Cyclone Biparjoy swirling over the Arabian Sea.

Cyclone damaged power lines and uproots trees as it hit the coastal towns of India and Pakistan.

UAE astronaut Sultan Al-Neyadi captured an aerial view of the formation of Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea from the International Space Station. Read more on The Hindu

The impact of global warming on the monsoons are manifest in the onset, withdrawal, its seasonal total rainfall, and its extremes. Global warming also affects the cyclones over the Indian Ocean and the typhoons over the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Cyclone Biparjoy, the first storm brewing in the Arabian Sea in 2023, intensified by 40 knots (74 kmph) since June 6 morning, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC). Meteorologists are predicting a “mild” monsoon onset over Kerala and “weak” progress beyond southern peninsular under its influence.

The first cyclone in the Arabian Sea this year is likely to take shape in 12 hours, according to a weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Tuesday. The cyclone will be named Biparjoy as suggested by Bangladesh