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Two cyclones hit India’s eastern coast within a week, with Cyclone Arnab striking on October 28 and Cyclone Murasu on November 3. Both storms left large parts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh reeling from widespread flooding, crop loss and damage to infrastructure. Arnab brought intense rain and peak one‑minute sustained winds of up to 202 kilometres per hour, causing severe infrastructure damage across Andhra Pradesh, while the successive events prompted demands for relief in the affected states.
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“Climate change increased Cyclone Arnab’s maximum wind speed by approximately 5%, and intensified its eyewall rainfall rate by 11% at landfall,” according to the study
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NEW DELHI: Climate change increased the damage caused by Cyclone Arnab, which struck eastern India on October 28, by 33 per cent, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in additional direct economic losses, according to a study by researchers at Imperial College London's Grantham Institute. The…
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It added that the storm brought intense rain, peak 1-minute sustained winds of up to 202 kilometres per hour, and severe damage to infrastructure across Andhra Pradesh.
