Proposed by Mynamar, Tauktae is just one of the 169 names up for grabs for cyclones in the Indian Ocean region since the year 2020.
Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers once storms produce sustained wind speeds of more than 33 knots (61 km/h), names are assigned in order from predetermined lists depending on which basin they originate.
In May 2020, the naming of Cyclone Amphan exhausted the original list of names established in So 13 countries across the Indian Ocean territory put forward a list of proposed names, and the tropical cyclones to the India Meteorological Department who finally christens every storm.
Some of the names proposed by India in 2020 as Tej, Vyom, Gati, Neer Anahita and Toofan.
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