Cyclone Chapala

A cyclone is close to hitting the coast Yemen in Arabian Sea. It is rare that a cyclone moves this close to land from sea and it is carrying hurricane strength. Although the wind is a concern, than main concern is the amount of rainfall that is going to take place. Weather centers are calling for life threatening flash floods to occur. The last time a cyclone of this magnitude took place in this area was 1922. Cyclone Chapala was a category 3 cyclone last week and changed to category 4 over the weekend. This is the strongest cyclone in the Arabian Sea to date. The warm, dry desert air of Yemen usually dissipates storms like these. However, these this storm isn't complying. For an area that doesn't get much rainfall, these storms could be detrimental to a desert land.

Cyclone Chapala