Cyclone Nargis - A Tsunami Scale Disaster?
An overview of Tropical Cyclone Nargis and it’s tragic human impact.
Nargis formed into a tropical cyclone on April 27, 2008, in the central Bay of Bengal about 360 miles off of the southeast coast of India. Cyclone Nargis was, when it made landfall around the mouth of the Ayeyawaddy (Irrawaddy) river, about 220 kilometres south-west of Rangoon, a Category four storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength, with sustained winds of 132 mph. Nargis is the deadliest cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people perished in Bangladesh from a land-falling cyclone that year. The formation of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal coincides with the start of cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean, which typically runs from April through December.
Incredible India
Incredible India is regarded as the hub of all types of tourism that fascinate the imagination of the tourists from all over the world to explore the mystery of this hidden land of Mother India.
Introduction Incredible India is the most sough-after tourist destinations of traveler since the ancient time when the Indian subcontinent was explored by the outsiders. India had become a home to many visitors and invaders starting from the Aryans invasion during the pre-historic era of India. Thereafter, this mysterious land of India was explored by the Persian and Greek, Scythians, White Huns, Seljuks, Tartars, Mongols, Sassanians, Turks, Mughals and Durranis making successive inroads into the territories beyond Peshawar Valley and Indus and intermixed with the local people to enrich the Indian life and culture.
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