Cyclone Megh (2015)

Megh formed on 5 November 2015 in the eastern Arabian Sea and followed a path similar to Chapala, which had struck Socotra days earlier. It passed over the island on 8 November with estimated wind speeds approaching 125 miles per hour, killing 18 people and injuring another 60, then brought torrential rainfall and high waves to northern Somalia, where livestock were killed and schools damaged. Forecasters expected landfall near Aden on the Yemeni mainland on 10 November.

Formed (UTC)

2015-11-04

Dissipated (UTC)

2015-11-10

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

3

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

110

Basin it formed in

North Indian

Deaths, as sources state them

18 on Socotra

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2015309N14067

Category: Disasters & Incidents

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

Coordinates: 12.7, 56.54723046541443

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

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