Question

Why is Chandigarh unlikely to be affected by a cyclone?

Answer 1

Hint: In order to answer this question, we have to understand two important things. The first thing that we need to understand is the distance of Chandigarh from the nearest sea and secondly, the phenomenon of occurrence of a cyclone.

Complete answer:
The city of Chandigarh is present to the north-west of the capital city of Delhi in India. The nearest sea to this city is the Arabian Sea and the distance of Chandigarh from the Arabian Sea is approximately, 2500 kilometres. This means that Chandigarh is very far away from the sea.
The cyclone is defined as a huge mass of air that rotates ferociously over a strong centre of low pressure known as the eye.
Whenever a region of low pressure is formed at any point in the sea, the surrounding air flows to balance the pressure. However, due to rotation of Earth, the air flow will not be able to cover the region of low pressure and instead, the flow is rotational with the low-pressure region, known as the eye, at its centre. The air flow gradually builds up to a huge form of air mass that moves towards the coast.
This spirally inward mass of air sweeps towards the coast with a velocity of around 150 kmph, causing rains and highly windy conditions.
However, the intensity of the cyclone decreases as it moves on the land further inwards from the coast to inlands. So, when it reaches Chandigarh which is around 2500 km, the cyclone would have died out.
Hence, the cyclone is highly unlikely to affect Chandigarh.

Note: The inward places, which are not too far from the coast, experience a type of weather caused by the cyclone known as depression, which is characterised by complete cloud cover and scanty to moderate rainfall throughout the day.