A Brobdingnagian storm , cyclone Phailin ( say : phie - lin ) , is come near the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on the eastern coast of India and will probably also cause arduous rain in neighboring United States Department of State . Amerind authorities evacuated half a million people over the past few days as predictions about the storm grow more dire .
female parent Jonesreports that the India Meteorological Department delineate Phailin as “ very severe , ” and clearly officials have been taking action to prepare for emergency brake scenario . But U.S. meteorologist have been even more extreme in their prognostication . Brian McNoldy , a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami told The Associated Press that , “ If it ’s not a phonograph recording , it ’s really , really close . You really do n’t get storm impregnable than this anywhere in the world ever . This is the top of the barrel . ” Anywhere ever .
Phailin is apparently almost as large as Hurricane Katrina , and has air current power comparable to Hurricane Andrew , which reach Miami in 1992 with 165 - m.p.h . winds . violent storm surges during Phailin could touch 11.5 foot ( compare to surge during hurricane Sandy which were between 9.2 and 12.7 foot depend on emplacement ) . Hopefully Phailin will be an example of unnecessarily dramatic predictions , but it sure seems like it could typeset some topnotch storm record book in the Bay of Bengal . detain dependable peeps . [ Mother Jones , NYT ]
Oh P.S. , cyclone , typhoon and hurricanes areall the same thingthey just have different names based on where they ’re happening .
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