Is There a Cyclone Now?
No. As of 19 Oct 2026, 06:33 PKT (07:03 IST), no tropical cyclone is active in the Arabian Sea or the Bay of Bengal. Elsewhere, 1 storm is active: Trudy (East and central Pacific).
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From the UN's GDACS and the US National Hurricane Center, read every 10 minutes. A weak depression can appear in an India Meteorological Department bulletin before GDACS lists it — for official warnings, use the links below.
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Full cyclone archive →Official warnings for Pakistan and India
Only the national weather services issue cyclone warnings, evacuation advice and landfall forecasts. Use them for decisions.
- India: IMD's Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre, New Delhi — the centre that tracks and names every storm in the North Indian Ocean. Its tropical weather outlook is issued daily.
- Pakistan: the Pakistan Meteorological Department, whose Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Karachi issues the alerts, and the NDMA for evacuation advice.
- Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Oman and Myanmar issue their own warnings for their coasts.
How the IMD grades a storm
| Class | Sustained wind (knots) | About (km/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Depression | 17–27 | 31–49 |
| Deep depression | 28–33 | 50–61 |
| Cyclonic storm (gets a name) | 34–47 | 62–88 |
| Severe cyclonic storm | 48–63 | 89–117 |
| Very severe cyclonic storm | 64–89 | 118–166 |
| Extremely severe cyclonic storm | 90–119 | 167–221 |
| Super cyclonic storm | 120+ | 222+ |
When cyclones come
The North Indian Ocean has two cyclone seasons a year: April to June, before the monsoon, and October to December, after it. Most storms form in the Bay of Bengal, and the post-monsoon peak in November brings its deadliest ones. The Arabian Sea, which faces Pakistan and western India, sees fewer storms, most often in May–June and October–November.
A storm gets a name only when it reaches cyclonic-storm strength. The names come from a list agreed by thirteen countries, used in order — why the next one is called Arnab.
What matters when one is coming
- Water kills more people than wind. Storm surge and flooding cause most cyclone deaths. Know whether your home is in a surge zone.
- Leave early if told to. Roads flood before the strongest winds arrive.
- The calm eye is not the end. The wind returns from the other side.
What our records show, and what they miss
Tropical cyclones recorded by GDACS so far in 2026, by basin:
Bay of Bengal: 1 North-west Pacific (typhoons): 19 Atlantic (hurricanes): 7 East and central Pacific (hurricanes): 15
A storm counts as active here while GDACS or the National Hurricane Center still carries it, checked every ten minutes. GDACS lists storms once they are tracked internationally, so a depression that the IMD has just named can take some hours to appear, and weak systems that never become storms may not appear at all. Wind speeds are the feeds' own estimates and change with every advisory. News reports about storms are on our cyclone page, but they never decide the answer above. Method: about · data: open data.