An area of low pressure formed within the Bay of Bengal on October 24. It was designated as Depression BOB 05 the next day by the India Meteorological Department. The depression was declared a deep depression early on October 26, whilst the Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated the depression as Cyclone 04B later that day with wind speeds equivalent to a tropical storm. Later that day, the IMD upgraded the deep depression into a cyclonic storm and named it as Rashmi. Rashmi then reached both its peak one- and three-minute sustained wind speeds, as it made landfall on the Bangladesh coast late on October 26. Early the next day the JTWC issued its final advisory on Rashmi as the IMD downgraded Rashmi to a deep depression. Later that day the IMD, having noted that Rashmi had weakened rapidly, downgraded the deep depression to a well marked area of low pressure and released their final advisory.
On October 24, 2008, an area of low pressure formed in the North Indian Ocean, within the central Bay of Bengal.[2] Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, designated it as a Tropical Disturbance and assessed its chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours as fair.[3] The next day as the India Meteorological Department reported that the disturbance had intensified into a depression and assigned the number BOB 05 to the depression. The JTWC then upgraded the depression's chances of forming into a significant cyclone to Good and issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the depression.[4][5]
Early on October 26 the IMD upgraded the depression to a deep depression, with wind speeds of 30 knots (35 mph, 55 km/h). At the same time the JTWC designated the depression as Cyclone 04B.[6][7] Later that day the IMD reported that the Deep Depression had intensified into a Cyclonic Storm with it being named as Rashmi.[8] During that evening the IMD reported that Rashmi had reached its peak 3 minute wind speeds of 40 knots, whilst the JTWC also reported that Rashmi had reached its peak 1 minute wind speeds of 45 knots.
Early the next day the IMD reported that Rashmi had made landfall on the Bangladesh coast, near Barisal. As a result of making landfall Rashmi started to weaken rapidly by becoming a Deep Depression, early that morning before being downgraded to a well marked area of low pressure, later during the morning.
Preparations and impactedit
Indiaedit
Five people were killed as incessant rains accompanied by winds hit the state of Meghalaya, India.[9] The cyclone's incessant rainfall accompanied by gusty winds had caused flash floods in three districts of Assam - Kamrup, Sonitput and inundated vast tracts of land besides rendering people homeless. The flash floods occurred as neighbouring Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh released excess waters from their reservoirs due to increased water levels caused by incessant rains for the last two days by cyclone Rashmi [10]
Bangladeshedit
The Disaster Management Information Centre in Bangladesh issued cyclone warnings for various ports in Bangladesh including the Port of Mongla. As a result of these cyclone warnings, harbour activities were suspended for two days.
15 people were killed and thousands of homes were also damaged. Rashmi brought down electrical and telephone poles and uprooted trees; large areas of acres of crops were also destroyed.[11] At least 50 fishermen were reported missing when about 15 fishing trawlers capsized offshore.[12]
^"Fifteen killed in Bangladesh storm". Reuters. 2008-10-28.
^"Fifteen killed, many injured in Bangladesh storm". Reuters. 2008-10-28. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012.
External linksedit
Joint Typhoon Warning Center 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
December 15, 2023
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Cyclonic Storm Rashmi IMD designation BOB 05 JTWC designation 04B was the seventh tropical cyclone of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season and second cyclonic storm as well as the fifth tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal that year A fairly weak tropical cyclone it caused some notable damage in Bangladesh and India Cyclonic Storm RashmiCyclonic storm IMD scale Tropical Storm SSHWS Cyclonic Storm Rashmi approaching Bangladesh on October 26FormedOctober 25 2008DissipatedOctober 27 2008Highest winds3 minute sustained 85 km h 50 mph 1 minute sustained 85 km h 50 mph Lowest pressure984 hPa mbar 29 06 inHgFatalities28 reported 50 missingAreas affectedBangladesh IndiaPart of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasonAn area of low pressure formed within the Bay of Bengal on October 24 It was designated as Depression BOB 05 the next day by the India Meteorological Department The depression was declared a deep depression early on October 26 whilst the Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated the depression as Cyclone 04B later that day with wind speeds equivalent to a tropical storm Later that day the IMD upgraded the deep depression into a cyclonic storm and named it as Rashmi Rashmi then reached both its peak one and three minute sustained wind speeds as it made landfall on the Bangladesh coast late on October 26 Early the next day the JTWC issued its final advisory on Rashmi as the IMD downgraded Rashmi to a deep depression Later that day the IMD having noted that Rashmi had weakened rapidly downgraded the deep depression to a well marked area of low pressure and released their final advisory The name Rashmi was submitted by Sri Lanka to the World Meteorological Organisation s Tropical Cyclone Committee 1 Rashmi pronounced Rush mee is a Sinhalese word which means ray of light Contents 1 Meteorological history 2 Preparations and impact 2 1 India 2 2 Bangladesh 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksMeteorological history edit nbsp Map plotting the storm s track and intensity according to the Saffir Simpson scaleMap keySaffir Simpson scale Tropical depression 38 mph 62 km h Tropical storm 39 73 mph 63 118 km h Category 1 74 95 mph 119 153 km h Category 2 96 110 mph 154 177 km h Category 3 111 129 mph 178 208 km h Category 4 130 156 mph 209 251 km h Category 5 157 mph 252 km h Unknown Storm type nbsp Tropical cyclone nbsp Subtropical cyclone nbsp Extratropical cyclone remnant low tropical disturbance or monsoon depressionOn October 24 2008 an area of low pressure formed in the North Indian Ocean within the central Bay of Bengal 2 Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated it as a Tropical Disturbance and assessed its chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours as fair 3 The next day as the India Meteorological Department reported that the disturbance had intensified into a depression and assigned the number BOB 05 to the depression The JTWC then upgraded the depression s chances of forming into a significant cyclone to Good and issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the depression 4 5 Early on October 26 the IMD upgraded the depression to a deep depression with wind speeds of 30 knots 35 mph 55 km h At the same time the JTWC designated the depression as Cyclone 04B 6 7 Later that day the IMD reported that the Deep Depression had intensified into a Cyclonic Storm with it being named as Rashmi 8 During that evening the IMD reported that Rashmi had reached its peak 3 minute wind speeds of 40 knots whilst the JTWC also reported that Rashmi had reached its peak 1 minute wind speeds of 45 knots Early the next day the IMD reported that Rashmi had made landfall on the Bangladesh coast near Barisal As a result of making landfall Rashmi started to weaken rapidly by becoming a Deep Depression early that morning before being downgraded to a well marked area of low pressure later during the morning Preparations and impact editIndia edit Five people were killed as incessant rains accompanied by winds hit the state of Meghalaya India 9 The cyclone s incessant rainfall accompanied by gusty winds had caused flash floods in three districts of Assam Kamrup Sonitput and inundated vast tracts of land besides rendering people homeless The flash floods occurred as neighbouring Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh released excess waters from their reservoirs due to increased water levels caused by incessant rains for the last two days by cyclone Rashmi 10 Bangladesh edit The Disaster Management Information Centre in Bangladesh issued cyclone warnings for various ports in Bangladesh including the Port of Mongla As a result of these cyclone warnings harbour activities were suspended for two days 15 people were killed and thousands of homes were also damaged Rashmi brought down electrical and telephone poles and uprooted trees large areas of acres of crops were also destroyed 11 At least 50 fishermen were reported missing when about 15 fishing trawlers capsized offshore 12 See also edit nbsp Tropical cyclones portalTimeline of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasonReferences edit Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea PDF WMO Archived from the original PDF on 2008 10 28 Retrieved 2008 10 24 Special Tropical Weather Outlook 24 10 08 06z Indian Meteorological Department Retrieved 2008 10 24 permanent dead link ABWIO10 24 10 08 18z Joint Typhoon Warning Center Retrieved 2008 10 24 permanent dead link CWind Advisory 1 India Meteorological Department Archived from the original on October 25 2008 Retrieved 2008 10 25 TCFA 25 10 08 15z Joint Typhoon Warning Center Archived from the original on October 14 2008 Retrieved 2008 10 25 CWind Advisory 5 India Meteorological Department Archived from the original on October 25 2008 Retrieved 2008 10 26 JTWC Warning 26 10 08 03z Joint Typhoon Warning Center Archived from the original on October 14 2008 Retrieved 2008 10 26 Tropical Cyclone Advisory 26 10 08 15z Indian Meteorological Department Archived from the original on October 24 2008 Retrieved 2008 10 26 Zee News Latest News Live Breaking News Today News India Political News Updates http www morungexpress com regional 6683 html permanent dead link Fifteen killed in Bangladesh storm Reuters 2008 10 28 Fifteen killed many injured in Bangladesh storm Reuters 2008 10 28 Archived from the original on September 15 2012 External links editIndia Meteorological Department Joint Typhoon Warning Center Archived 2010 03 01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyclone Rashmi amp oldid 1152217540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
