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The Prime Minister chaired a meeting to review the preparedness plan to tackle the aftermath of Cyclone Jawad that is likely to approach the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast.

Cyclone Jawad

• The IMD has notified that there is a low pressure created in the south eastern part of the Bay of Bengal.
• This results in the concentration of depression and ultimately gets intensified to a cyclonic storm which is likely to strike the Andhra Pradesh – Odisha coast with an estimated wind speed of 100 km/hour.
• The cyclone is named Jawad by Saudi Arabia and it means generous or merciful.

Cyclones Naming

• India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Maldives, Oman, Sri Lanka and Thailand decide the names of cyclones in the region.
• The countries submit a list of cyclone names from time to time to choose the names from the pool.
• While selecting names for cyclones, countries first analyse them to see if the word is easily understood by people in the region, hence the names are generally familiar words.