Monday, November 2, 2015

Chapala to make landfall in Yemen as first hurricane-strength cyclone on record


Cyclone Chapala is tracking west through the Arabian Sea, targeting Yemen as the first hurricane-strength storm to make landfall there since records began. While the storm’s winds will certainly pack a punch as the storm comes ashore in the early morning hours  Tuesday, its rainfall may prove deadly — the cyclone is forecast to dump at least five years’ worth of rain over the mountains near the vulnerable port city of Al Mukalla.
Chapala has benefited from extremely warm water in the Arabian Sea, maintaining its strength as the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane, after peaking as a strong Category 4 on Friday. The storm has generated more energy than any other tropical cyclone on record in the Arabian Sea.


Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/11/02/chapala-to-make-landfall-in-yemen-as-first-hurricane-strength-cyclone-on-record/?postshare=1981446485706135

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