Cyclone Jal

Severe Cyclonic Storm Jal
Severe Cyclonic Storm Jal near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, at peak intensity on November 7
Meteorological history
FormedNovember 1, 2010
Remnant lowNovember 8, 2010
DissipatedNovember 12, 2010
Severe cyclonic storm
3-minute sustained (IMD)
Highest winds110 km/h (70 mph)
Lowest pressure988 hPa (mbar); 29.18 inHg
Tropical storm
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds100 km/h (65 mph)
Lowest pressure982 hPa (mbar); 29.00 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities118[contradictory]
Missing12
Damage$1.73 billion (2010 USD)
Areas affectedBorneo, Brunei, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka, India
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Part of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Severe Cyclonic Storm Jal was the fifth named cyclonic storm and the fourth Severe Cyclonic Storm of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Jal developed from a low-pressure area in the South China Sea that organized into a Tropical Depression on October 28. Jal is a Sanskrit word, meaning water. At least 54 people are known to have been killed in India.[1] As a tropical depression, Jal produced torrential rains over parts of Thailand and Malaysia, triggering severe flooding which killed 59 and four people in the two countries respectively.[2] In Sri Lanka, heavy rainfall with strong winds have caused flooding affecting around 80,000 people. In Thailand, Jal was responsible for 78 deaths, being the 4th deadliest tropical cyclone in the country.[3]

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