Weather News and Analysis When Hat Trick of the super cyclone was missed narrowly, Gujarat escaped mercifully June 5, 2021 7:20 AM | Skymet Weather Team Super Cyclone, the top most category of storms is considered infrequent and rather freak over the Indian basins. Courtesy climate change, the number is increasing and the Indian Seas witnessed 2 super cyclones in succession during 2019 and 2020. The year 2021 came very close when cyclone Tauktae headed for Gujarat on 17th May and mercifully escaped the fury of a super cyclone, albeit got impacted with the destructive potential of an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm. Hat-Trick was averted by a small margin and the record got held in abeyance.