It turns out that storm names must be “...culturally sensitive and shouldn’t have a negative, inflammatory meaning”, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) website.
Click on this link to read the Mint piece by Jacob P. Koshy: "The nomenclature of cyclonic winds".
UPDATE (OCTOBER 12, 2013): CYCLONE PHAILIN, WHICH MADE LANDFALL ON INDIA'S EAST COAST YESTERDAY, WAS NAMED AFTER THE THAI WORD FOR SAPPHIRE. |
- UPDATE (October 13, 2014): "How Cyclone Hudhud got its name".
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