Cyclone Named After the State Bird of Israel Is About To Hit India

Tropical Cyclone Hudhud is slowly strengthening in the Bay of Bengal — a region that has brewed some of nature's deadliest tropical storms on record — and is moving toward the north Andhra Pradesh coast of India. Forecasts show the storm making landfall on Saturday or early Sunday India time as a Category 2 or 3 storm, near the city of Visakhapatnam

The cyclone's name comes from a bird that is found throughout Africa and Eurasia, the Times of India reported. It is known as the Hoopoe bird in Israel, where it is the official state bird. The newspaper said the government of Oman nominated Hudhud, which is the Oman translation of the bird's name, for the list of 2014 storm names. This particular list is managed through the World Meteorological Organization, a U.N. agency, for the broader Indian Ocean Basin. Read more...

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