Cyclone Thane... Details and Some pics

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"Thane" is on everyone's lips in the city for the past few days. The name "Thane" was suggested by Myanmar.

The naming to tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea started in Sep 2004.

The Indian Meteorological Department received a list of names from 8 countries - Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

These 8 countries are World Meteorological Organisation panel members

Earlier, only countries like USA and Japan had the practice of referring hurricanes and typhoons by names.

The next cyclonic storm would be named "Murjaan" as suggested by Oman.

The practice helped in easy identification of the cyclones.