The most intense was Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Forrest, which attained peak three-minute sustained winds of 185 km / h ( 115 mph ).
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The Bay of Bengal was more active than the Arabian Sea during 1970, with all of the three severe cyclonic storms in the season forming there.
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Aila became a severe cyclonic storm at 06UTC on May 25 and made landfall at its peak intensity ( 60kt, 967hPa ) between 08 and 09UTC.
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Gradually strengthening, the system attained typhoon intensity ( or modern-day Severe Cyclonic Storm-equivalent ) at 00 : 00 UTC on November 26.
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The IMD upgraded Phet to severe cyclonic storm status at 00 : 00 UTC on June 2, and further to a very severe cyclonic storm six hours later.
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The IMD upgraded Phet to severe cyclonic storm status at 00 : 00 UTC on June 2, and further to a very severe cyclonic storm six hours later.
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At 21 : 00 UTC on November 9, Megh weakened further into a severe cyclonic storm, and degraded further to a cyclonic storm by six hours later.
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The following day, Vardah weakened into a severe cyclonic storm before making landfall over the eastern coast of India close to Chennai, Tamil Nadu with winds of.
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With warm sea surface temperatures, a formidable anticyclone aloft, | group = " nb " } } and later in the day into a severe cyclonic storm.
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Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 07 proved to be the deadliest and most destructive of the year, claiming 263 423 lives across southern India and leaving $ 69 million in damage.
