Unprecedented and extremely rare, a tropical cyclone formed in the Malacca Strait of Malaysia – for the first time in the history

Cyclone Senyar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Senyar

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Facts regarding this extremely rare cyclone.

• The first tropical cyclone in recorded history to form in the Strait of Malacca.

• The first tropical cyclone to make landfall in the western part of Peninsular Malaysua in history.

• The first tropical cyclone to have been named in the Strait of Malacca by the India Meteorological Department (IMD)

• The second most-southerly named storm by IMD since naming storms in the North Indian Ocean (IMD) began in 2004.

• The first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Sumatra Indonesia in the month of November in recorded history.

• The strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in the Sumatra on record, surpassing cyclone in in 2001.

• The first named landfalling tropical cyclone in Indonesia in the NIO basin.

• The second landfalling tropical cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere part of Indonesia in history.

• The first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Indonesia for the month of November since 03S in 2001.

• The third tropical cyclone to make landfall in the whole Malaysia in history – after Greg (1996) and Vamei (2001) (NOAA archives).