New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Cyclone Arnab has intensified into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' over the Bay of Bengal and is braced to make landfall along the eastern coast of India on Wednesday, October 18.

However, during such extreme weather events, a common question arises: Where does a cyclone get its name, and how exactly does the global naming process work?

The name 'Arnab' was officially proposed by Bangladesh.

According to the IMD's official cyclone naming list, the word "Arnab" translates to "ocean" or "sea" in Bengali. However, meteorological experts emphasised that the naming of a cyclone has nothing to do with its intensity, direction, or the specific country it is expected to hit.

According to IMD protocols, the name for any cy...