The centre of a cyclone is a calm area. It is called the ______ of the storm.

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  1. arm
  2. heart
  3. eye
  4. head

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Option 3 : eye
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The correct answer is the eye.

Important Points

  • The centre of a cyclone is a calm area. It is called the eye of the storm.
  • The central calm region of the storm is called the "Eye". The diameter of the eye varies between 30 and 50 km and is a region free of clouds and has light winds.
  • A "Cyclonic Storm" or a "Cyclone" is an intense vortex or a whirl in the atmosphere with very strong winds circulating around it in an anti-clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Cyclone warnings issued to the Chief Secretaries, the Relief Commissioners and the District Collectors of the maritime states are the very basic information for cyclone distress prevention and mitigation.

Additional Information

  • The present Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India is Prakash Javadekar. (Apr 2021)
  • India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Government of India responsible for meteorological observations.
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