2020: A year that witnessed increased cyclone intensity | Goa News
Last year, in a chain of powerful storms, three of them – Gati, Nivar and Burevi – formed within a fortnight, triggering intense precipitation (File photo) PANAJI: A rise in catastrophic extreme weather events has already proved that global warming and climate change is for real. With a record eight cyclones ripping through India in 2019, weather experts realised the dimension of future doom. The year 2020 only underlined this danger in the future. If 2019 spawned a record chain of eight cyclones — five in the earlier quiet Arabian Sea and three in the usually tempestuous Bay of Bengal...