CYCLONES : TYPES, CAUSES, DO'S AND DON'TS « India Current
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. Of these, storm surges are the greatest killers of a cyclone,
by which sea water inundates low lying areas of coastal regions
and causes ..
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What causes a cyclone?
yclone is an atmospheric pressure distribution in which there
is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding
pressure. The resulting pressure gradient, combined with the
Coriolis effect , causes air to circulate about the core of
lowest pressure in a counterclockwise direction in the
Northern Hemisphere and in a clockwise direction in the
Southern Hemisphere.
