Cyclone Hudhud (2014)

Hudhud began as a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal and was named on 8 October after strengthening into a cyclone. Favourable conditions allowed rapid intensification, and it made landfall on Visakhapatnam on 12 October at peak intensity with a minimum central pressure of 950 mbar. Strong winds shattered glass, uprooted trees and poles, and threw debris across roads. Combined damage across India and Nepal reached 11 billion 2014 US dollars.

Formed (UTC)

2014-10-06

Dissipated (UTC)

2014-10-14

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

North Indian

Deaths, as sources state them

116 across India and Nepal

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2014279N11096

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: bay of bengal, india, visakhapatnam, nepal, rapid intensification

Coordinates: 15.98998423052771, 85.43004730841687

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

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