Up to 12 Pacific cyclones expected this season: Forecasters
Villagers travel on a boat through flood waters in Murkata village of Morigoan district in Assam. Barpeta in lower Assam and Dhemaji in Upper Assam are among the worst affected. (BIJU BORO/AFP.) Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
WELLINGTON, Oct 11, 2019, RNZ. The Pacific region can expect mostly normal cyclone activity this season, through November to April, the Pacific Islands Climate Update team says, reported the Radio New Zealand.
Working with New Zealand’s MetService and meterological services in the island nations, the team said there would be elevated activity in the latter part of the season, from February.
Nine to 12 named tropical cyclones could occur in the Southwest Pacific basin between November and April, with the risk highest in Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, the southern Cook Islands, and the Austral Islands, they said.
Four severe cyclones reaching category 3 or higher might occur anywhere across the region.
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