1975 Porbandar cyclone

North Indian Ocean cyclone in 1975 August 2024 1975 Porbandar cyclone 16A 1975-10-21.png Cyclone on 21 October 17 October 1975 24 October 1975 80 966 85 1975 75 c 1975 85 Gujarat, India https://web.archive.org/web/20160707135410/http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_v03r04/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r04-1975292N16073 1975 North Indian Ocean cyclone season The 1975 Porbandar cyclone, also designated Cyclone Sixteen (16A) by Joint Typhoon Warning Center, was a tropical cyclone that affected Gujarat state of India and southern Pakistan from 17 to 24 October 1975. It killed 85 people and caused damages of estimated 75 c 1975. Meteorological history 16A 1975 track.png new On 17 October 1975, the remnant of an earlier depression in the west central Bay of Bengal were moving towards India. Next day, the disturbance crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast and weakened into a low-pressure area. However, another low-pressure area formed in the east central Arabian Sea. The system was classified as T1 in the Dvorak technique, suggesting it was a tropical storm. On 19 October, these two low-pressure circulations merged to form a depression centered near Maharashtra coast. The system intensity was classified as T2. The depression continued to intensify and moved west-northwestwards moving into the Arabian Sea. On the morning of the 20 October, the system intensified into a deep depression and was centered near 18.5°N, 70°E in Arabian Sea. The system intensity was classified as T3.5. By the noon, the deep depression had intensified into a cyclonic storm. It continued to move towards northwest. The next day it intensified in the severe cyclonic storm and moved towards north-northeast. On 22 October morning, it slightly weaken before making a landfall on coast about 10-15 km north of Porbandar. It moved northeast and weaken into cyclonic storm by 23 October, centred near Radhanpur. By the next day noon, it had weaken into depression on 24 October near Kota in Rajasthan and then rapidly became a well-marked low-pressure area and moved northeastward before dissipating on 24 October evening near Uttar Pradesh.Gupta G. R. Mishra D. K. Yadav B. R. 1977-04-01 The Porbandar cyclone of October 1975 https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/2687 MAUSAM 28 2 177–188 10.54302/mausam.v28i2.2687 0252-9416 free Dube S. K. Sinha P. C. Rao A. D. Rao G. S. 1985-08-01 Numerical modelling of storm surges in the Arabian Sea https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0307904X85900678 Applied Mathematical Modelling 9 4 289–294 10.1016/0307-904X(85)90067-8 0307-904X subscription It was the first time since 1877 that a severe cyclonic storm landed in Gujarat in October month and second since a cyclonic storm in October 1917.Mukherjee A. K. Subramanian S. K. 1977-10-01 Some features of Porbandar cyclone of October 1975 https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/2756 MAUSAM 28 4 439–446 10.54302/mausam.v28i4.2756 0252-9416 free Effects The height of swells were noted 4 m at Porbandar, 5 m at Dwarka and 6 m at Okha. The cyclone caused severe damage to livelihoods, killing 85 people. Total damages were estimated to be 75 c 1975 which included buildings, crops, grain storages and others. It caused severe damage in Junagadh, Rajkot and Jamnagar districts. Large number of houses were destroyed and the rail traffic was disturbed for about a week. See also List of Gujarat tropical cyclones 1888 Arabian Sea cyclone 1998 Gujarat cyclone Cyclone Tauktae References Tropical cyclones India Category:1975 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Category:1975 disasters in India Category:1970s in Gujarat