Cyclone Chapala (2015)

Chapala developed in the very warm waters of the Arabian Sea west of India on 28 October 2015. It skirted the Yemeni island of Socotra on 1 November, where one resident was killed and 100 homes destroyed, and it brushed the northern coast of Somalia, killing tens of thousands of animals and wrecking 350 houses. Conditions were less favourable afterwards but the storm held much of its intensity as it entered the Gulf of Aden on 2 November. Yemen's president ordered a special operations room to track its progress and issue alerts to coastal residents.

Formed (UTC)

2015-10-27

Dissipated (UTC)

2015-11-04

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

130

Basin it formed in

North Indian

Deaths, as sources state them

1 on Socotra

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2015301N11065

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: arabian sea, socotra, yemen, somalia, gulf of aden

Coordinates: 13.724344499105605, 56.89737799642242

Part of North Indian Ocean cyclones of category 3 and above in the 2000 to 2024 seasons

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