Bay of Bengal's 'rare' double cyclone strike again underlines climate concerns

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, Nov 7 (UNI) Something unusual and rare unfolded recently over the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Arnab made landfall on October 28 and was followed just six days later by Cyclone Murasu on November 3. Two named cyclones striking the same stretch of the Andhra Pradesh coast in less than a week was seen as a rare occurrence that again underlined concerns that climate change was for real. Notably, a tropical disturbance is officially named when it intensifies into a 'Cyclonic' storm, with certain sustained surface wind speeds. Apart from the fact that the two events intensified…