Tauktae: How Arabian Sea has become a hotbed of cyclones Tauktae: How Arabian Sea has become a hotbed of cyclones The average number of cyclones building in the north Indian Ocean is usually five in a year. Only one of the five emerges in the Arabian Sea. However, in the past three-four years, Arabian Sea seems to be competing with the Bay of Bengal as a cyclone generator. advertisement Mumbai's Grant Road was waterlogged after heavy rainfall on Monday (Source: India Today) Cyclone Tauktae has pummelled India’s western coasts from Kerala and Tamil Nadu to Maharashtra and Gujarat. It is the first major cyclone to originate in the Arabian Sea, long considered peaceful, this year.