Cyclone Ditwah: A rare weather phenomenon in Southern Hemisphere • Sri Lanka Brief

Cyclone Ditwah: A rare weather phenomenon in Southern Hemisphere • Sri Lanka Brief

The recent triple cyclone (Ditwah, Senyar and Koto) that devastated parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand, is a manifestation of a rare phenomenon, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, where storms are less frequent in any case. Seeing three cyclones at once is a significant meteorological event, not a common occurrence. The recent triple cyclone was also significant in another aspect – they formed near the Equator, where storm…