Last updated October 15, 2021
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Cyclone Amphan 2020

India

Cyclone Amphan is the costliest cyclone on record in the North Indian Ocean causing over $13 billion in damages to infrastructure and crops in India’s eastern state of West Bengal.[3] It is the strongest storm on record in the Bay of Bengal and one of the fastest developing storms anywhere. Cyclone Amphan comes one year after Cyclone Fani, which killed 81 people in eastern India and Bangladesh and caused $8.1 billion of damages. Back-to-back years of major cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, that rapidly intensify over unusually warm sea surface temperatures, are consistent with trends showing an increase in cyclone intensity in the region due to human-caused climate change.[1][2]

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Tropical Cyclone
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Global Warming
Air Mass Temperature Increase
Sea Surface Temperature Increase
Atmospheric Moisture Increase
Intense Cyclone, Hurricane, Typhoon Frequency Increase
Extreme Precipitation Increase
Storm Surge Increase
Wind Damage Risk Increase
Cyclone Amphan 2020