2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was at that time, the costliest North Indian Ocean cyclone season on record, until it was surpassed 5 years later, mostly due to the devastating Cyclone Amphan. It was an above average season featuring 5 cyclonic storms. The North Indian Ocean cyclone season has no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and November, with peaks in late April to May and October to November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. In 2020, the cyclone season began on May 16 with the designation of Depression BOB 01 in the Bay of Bengal, which later became Amphan. Cyclone Amphan was the strongest storm in the Bay of Bengal in 21 years and broke Nargis of 2008's record as the costliest storm in the North Indian Ocean. The season concluded with the dissipation of Cyclone Burevi on December 5. Overall, the season was slightly above average, seeing the development of five...
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