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Line 22: '''Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Chapala'''{{#tag:ref\|The name ''Chapala'' was contributed by [[Bangladesh]] for the [[tropical cyclone naming\|naming list]] for the North Indian Ocean.<ref name="NIO TCOP">{{cite book\|title=Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea: 2015\|publisher=World Meteorological Organization\|accessdate=30 March 2020\|url=http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/documents/TCP-21Edition2015_final.pdf\|edition=2015\|pages=11–12}}</ref>\|group="nb"\|name="Chapala"}} was a powerful [[tropical cyclone]] that caused moderate damage in [[Somalia]] and [[Yemen]] during November 2015. Chapala was the third [[tropical cyclone naming\|named storm]] of the [[2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season]]. It developed as a [[Tropical cyclone scales#North Indian Ocean\|depression]] on 28 October off western India, and strengthened a day later into a cyclonic storm. Chapala then [[rapid deepening\|rapidly intensified]] amid favorable conditions. On 30 October, the [[India Meteorological Department]] (IMD){{refn\|The [[India Meteorological Department]] is the official [[Regional Specialized Meteorological Center]] for the northern Indian Ocean.<ref>{{cite report\|publisher=India Meteorological Department \|title=Frequently Asked Questions on Tropical Cyclones \|page=47 \|accessdate=31 March 2020 \|url=http://www.rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/images/pdf/cyclone-awareness/terminology/faq.pdf}}</ref>\|group="nb"}} estimated that Chapala attained peak three-minute [[maximum sustained wind\|sustained winds]] of 215 km/h (130 mph). The American-based [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] (JTWC){{#tag:ref\|The Joint Typhoon Warning Center is a joint [[United States Navy]] – [[United States Air Force]] task force that issues tropical cyclone warnings for the Indian Ocean and other regions.<ref name="atcr">{{cite web\|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center\|title=Annual Tropical Cyclone Report\|year=2016\|accessdate=31 March 2020\|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/atcr/2015atcr.pdf\|page=2}}</ref>\|group="nb"}} estimated sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph), making Chapala among the strongest cyclones on record in the [[Arabian Sea]]. After peak intensity, Chapala skirted the Yemeni island of [[Socotra]] on 1 November, becoming the first hurricane-force storm there since 1922. High winds and heavy rainfall resulted in an island-wide power outage, and severe damage was compounded by [[Cyclone Megh]], which struck Yemen a week later. While Chapala encountered less ~~approving~~favorable conditions after leaving Socotra, it maintained much of its intensity; upon entering the [[Gulf of Aden]] on 2 November, it became the strongest known cyclone in that body of water. Chapala brushed the northern coast of Somalia, killing tens of thousands of animals and wrecking 350 houses. Ahead of the cyclone's final [[landfall (meteorology)\|landfall]], widespread evacuations occurred across southeastern Yemen, including in areas controlled by [[al-Qaeda]], amid the country's [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)\|ongoing civil war]]. Early on 3 November, the storm made landfall near [[Mukalla]], Yemen, as a [[Tropical cyclone scales#North Indian Ocean\|very severe cyclonic storm]] and the strongest storm on record to strike the nation. Chapala weakened into a remnant low the next day overland. Several years' worth of heavy rainfall inundated coastal areas, damaging roads and hundreds of homes. Eight people died in Yemen, a low total credited to the evacuations, and another 65 were injured. After cyclones Chapala and Megh, several countries, non-government organizations, and agencies within the [[United Nations]] provided monetary and material assistance to Yemen. The country faced food and fuel shortages, and residual storm effects contributed to an outbreak of locusts and [[dengue fever]], the latter of which killed seven people. {{TOC limit\|3}}

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