What is a cyclone?
A cyclone is an area of low atmospheric pressure characterized by inward spiraling winds that spin clockwise in the southern hemisphere. The word “cyclone” is derived from the Greek word “Cyclos” meaning the coils of a snake. To Henri Peddington, a British-Indian scientist, the tropical storms in the Bay of Bengal and in the Arabian Sea appeared like the coiled serpents of the sea and he named these storms as “Cyclones”. A full-grown cyclone is a violent whirl in the atmosphere 150 to 1000 km across, 10 to 15 km high.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
What is a cyclone?
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