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Somalia Districts hit by 1984 Tropical Cyclone 1A
Resource ID
9e90f284-ba65-11ec-a793-0242ac170007
Title
Somalia Districts hit by 1984 Tropical Cyclone 1A
Date
April 12, 2022, 1:36 p.m., Publication
Abstract
Tropical Cyclone 1A became the first documented tropical cyclone to move through the Gulf of Aden. The tropical storm struck about 65 km (40 mi) west of Berbera District, Somalia and quickly dissipated. TC1A had a windspeed of 23m/s before dissipating. TC1A is the only tropical cyclone to develop in the North Indian Ocean during the Spring transition season. After developing in the western Arabian Sea, the cyclone turned to the west-southwest and transited through the Gulf of Aden rather than moving to the north or northwest along the climatologically favored track and making landfall along the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. The disturbance which eventually developed into TC1A was first detected on 23rd May,1984 as an area of strong convection centered approximately 180 nm (333 km) southeast of Socotra. This layer shows Districts hit by 1984 Tropical Cyclone 1A.
Edition
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Responsible
IGAD_DRM
Point of Contact
DRM Team
disaster-risk-management@igad.int
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
asNeeded
Type
vector
Restrictions
None
License
Not Specified
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
Start
May 23, 1984, midnight
End
May 28, 1984, midnight
Supplemental Information
This was a weak storm and no damages were reported.
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: 44.15095901500007
  • x1: 46.03135330200007
  • y0: 9.941139221000071
  • y1: 10.867517472000031
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Disaster Risks
Regions
Africa , Somalia