Cyclone Mala (2006)

An area of disturbed weather formed over the southern Bay of Bengal and the nearby Andaman Sea in mid-April 2006. The India Meteorological Department put peak intensity at 0900 UTC on 28 April, with winds of 185 km/h and a pressure of 954 mbar, while other analysis placed a peak of around 125 knots at about that time, roughly 200 nautical miles west-southwest of Yangon. The strike on Myanmar was destructive, but damage was relatively limited given the intensity, attributed to adequate early warnings and timely evacuations along the coast.

Formed (UTC)

2006-04-24

Dissipated (UTC)

2006-04-29

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

North Indian

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2006114N08090

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: bay of bengal, myanmar, landfall, evacuation

Coordinates: 13.790921065336903, 91.01365133167114

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

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