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@INeedSupport, Super Typhoon Eden, and Jasper Deng: Hey, could you guys please halt your updates for about an hour while I get this MH done properly with all the citations from JTWC and New Delhi? I probably wont need all that time, but I want to get this fixed up ASAP. NoahTalk 19:12, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: Sorry. I did see the message but I couldn't help myself but fixed some inaccuracies. I won't make another edit until the message is removed. INeedSupport :3 19:17, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: I saw the message, yes, and fixed inaccurate and misleading values. Some categories are in the wrong place so I fixed those too. I'll wait for you to finish, RecentEditsMessage me here! 20:59, 30 April 2019 [UTC]

@INeedSupport: I added most of what needs to be there for now. Keep in mind all the references you listed for the IMD will NOT work as they are also removed as soon as the next one is posted. You will need to archive them in order to keep them. NoahTalk 20:18, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
@Hurricane Noah: Got it. Thanks for telling me that! INeedSupport :3 20:28, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
@INeedSupport: Hope the updates I made help. You should probably adjust the lead now. Formation and naming date had a big change from what was originally here. NoahTalk 20:31, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
@Hurricane Noah:. Thanks for your update. Seems like other editors updated the lead. I'm a bit of a sucker when it comes to updating things. INeedSupport :3 20:35, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Impact on Uttar Pradesh and Bangladesh

8 People were killed in Uttar Pradesh by lightning strikes and a fallen tree on Thursday. The thunderstorms were likely connected to Fani. 14 People died in Bangladesh by lightning strikes and Storm and Thursday.

https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/lightning-kills-8-in-uttar-pradesh-526307 https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/05/04/1-killed-30-injured-as-cyclone-fani-destroys-homes-in-noakhali --217.24.224.55 (talk) 10:36, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

I added the 8 deaths yesterday per the source. NoahTalk 21:56, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

I think Andhra Pradesh deserves a mention in the list of states affected by cyclone Fani instead of Uttar Pradesh. Sibnath24 (talk) 07:00, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Satellite Imagery

Hurricane Noah Hey, I was interested in knowing what satellite settings you used for the imagery, as I can't seem to get the satellites to depict the same image displayed in the article.RecentEditsMessage me here! 23:35, 04 May 2019 [UTC]

I didn't add any of the images. NoahTalk 23:45, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
@Super Typhoon Eden: You may ask User:FleurDeOdile for this. --B dash (talk) 04:02, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
satellite featured is aqua. the image was made with 4 separate images then edited in GIMP FleurDeOdile 04:09, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hurricane Noah B dash FleurDeOdile Thank you all for your input into this question. I appreciate it.RecentEditsMessage me here! 09:21, 05 May 2019 [UTC]

Swedish article

I would like someone whose Swedish is better than mine to translate this into Swedish. True, Swedish is not one of my best languages, and avoid making the same mistakes as mine and use Google Translate. Thanks take care of you! GW Luxembourg (talk) 23:34, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Update

Change the font of writings please. Balika Sahu (talk) 05:41, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 May 2019

total damages are more than 11000 crore rupees or around 1.5 billion dollars. 117.216.246.204 (talk) 05:46, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 05:49, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 May 2019

more than 10000 crore rupees damage 117.216.246.204 (talk) 05:50, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done. Not attributed to anything. El_C 05:54, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

total damage in odisha state

even after 10 days after cyclone fani, major towns like Bhubaneswar and Puri still are virtually without electricity. The total financial damage caused to Odisha alone is in excess of 11000 crore rupees.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 May 2019

change 170 million $ to 1.5 billion $ in total damages 117.216.246.204 (talk) 06:11, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done Please supply a reliable source.--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:16, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 May 2019

>> Fani caused around US$170 million in damages in both India and Bangladesh.[5][6] 1.5 billion dollars damage has been done Please correct the data. Here is my source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/naveen-government-estimates-fani-losses-to-be-r... 117.216.246.204 (talk) 06:19, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

The link doesn't work.--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:27, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 Not done: Duplicate of request below. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:21, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 May 2019

>> Fani caused around US$170 million in damages in both India and Bangladesh.[5][6] 1.5 billion dollars damage has been done Please correct the data. Here is my source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/naveen-government-estimates-fani-losses-to-be-rs-11942-crore/articleshow/69331597.cms 117.198.144.202 (talk) 06:56, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

 Already done The infobox and the article now say 2.36 billion USD. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:24, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 May 2019

The damages Cyclone Fani caused seen in the infobox needs to be raised 4 million dollars more. EpicBrutalGamer2009 (talk) 00:16, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The infobox says 2.36 billion USD. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:23, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Effects of Cyclone Fani in Odisha into Cyclone Fani

Clear consensus to merge "Effects of Cyclone Fani in Odisha" into "Cyclone Fani". There is overwhelming consensus to merge the two articles. Effects of Cyclone Fani in Odisha should be redirected into Cyclone Fani, and any existing unique content should be merged into Cyclone Fani's article. Closing, per WP:SNOW. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 15:54, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Apart from some rewriting & rearrangement & few extra lines, this article is same as Cyclone Fani. See comparison (note: i used Earwig's Copyvio Detector for comparison only). Cyclone Fani is not a big article. I see no good justification for this article. We can easily fit those few extra line in Cyclone Fani. This article should be merge into that. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 17:27, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Support merge. Fani's article is nowhere near the acceptable size for splitting and should grow much further before forking becomes a possibility. Cutting out the Odisha impact results in an imbalance in Fani's article, since Odisha was the primary area of impact. ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 05:51, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Support, per KN2731. MarioJump83! 22:32, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Slight support Cyclone Fani's article is still small and I do think this could be merged. – 🌀HurricaneCovid🌀 (contribs) 19:10, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Merge. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 20:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Strong Support – The impacts article is currently a near-duplicate of the main article, and it hasn't even been updated. Also, the main article is nowhere near the readable prose limit. First, focus on expanding the main article before even considering forking out content into a separate article. The articles will be better off merged together. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 18:25, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Nominator: LuniZunie (talk · contribs) 19:21, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Cyclone Fani/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MCE89 (talk · contribs) 03:31, 12 February 2026 (UTC)


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I’ll review this - will aim to add my comments in the next day or so. MCE89 (talk) 03:31, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

All comments now added below! Nice work on the article, it looks good overall - my only real concern is that there seem to be some issues with text-source integrity. I'd suggest that you go through the article and double check that the citations all verify, then ping me once you're ready for me to take another look. If there are no major issues in a second round of spotchecks then this should be good to go. MCE89 (talk) 10:10, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Initial checks

  • Images: Green tickY Images are all PD or freely licensed. I made some changes to the captions, but feel free to tweak further if you don't like my changes. No issues with image placement or relevance.
  • Copyright: Green tickY Earwig only flags , which is WP:BACKWARDSCOPY. I'll do further checks for close paraphrasing as part of my source spotchecks.
  • Stability and authorship: Green tickY No recent edit warring, nominator has sufficient authorship.

Prose review

  • I've made a handful of minor copyedits to the article directly, but feel free to undo any that you don't like
  • the worst tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha since the 1999 Odisha cyclone - "Worst" is a little ambiguous here, can you make this more specific? (e.g. was it the worst in terms of deaths, economic loss, meteorological intensity...?)
    (removed by luni, marking as done. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC))
  • In footnote a you say that the name was contributed by Bangladesh, while in the "Meteorological history" section you say that the name was given by the India Meteorological Department. Based on the sources I understand how these can both be true, but can this be explained within the article to avoid sounding like a contradiction?
     Done monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Its convective structure rapidly degraded thereafter, degenerating into a remnant low on 4 May - Optional, but I'd suggest trying to make this slightly less technical to make the lead more accessible to readers
  • the second-costliest Northern Indian tropical cyclone on record - This is again somewhat ambiguous (i.e. was it the costliest in terms of lives lost? damage caused? economic loss?)
    (removed by luni, marking as done. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC))
    I'm seeing most related cyclones also just say "costliest", not going to mark this as not done for now because I think there may be a point, but I can't figure out how to phrase it and don't see it being done in other articles. – LuniZunie(talk) 18:29, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
    Removed Cost is too hard to define either way (like, economic cost, damages, legal costs?), and the point is valid about costliest being confusing. – LuniZunie(talk) 18:37, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
  • resultant death toll and casualties - Optional, but "death toll and casualties" feels a little redundant
     Done – LuniZunie(talk) 18:37, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
  • classifying it as BOB 02 - Could the meaning of this classification be briefly explained?
     Done monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
  • with little improvement evident in the system's satellite presentation - I'm not completely sure whether to read "improvement" here as meaning that the storm didn't grow stronger or didn't grow weaker
    Removed, couldn't find any JTWC reports between 16 and 20, and 20 is, iirc, when the eye was "10-nm pinhole". monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Could the meaning of IBTrACS be introduced?
     Done monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Could you briefly explain the meaning of a yellow warning?
    Removed along with the entire sentence. This isn't in the sources and is very routine - meteorological agencies are supposed to track storms, and a rainfall warning (a yellow warning is a pretty mild one) isn't anything particularly of note, especially with the vague language it used. HurricaneZetaC 04:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
  • The Odisha government staged "300 power boats, two helicopters and many chain saws, to cut downed trees" - I don't think there's really any need for a direct quote here
     Done removed the direct quote. – LuniZunie(talk) 17:53, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
  • mostly in property damage and relief - I'm not sure I follow this - what was the "relief" component of the damage?
    Removed Not supported in source.
  • CHD Group supported the Government of Odisha through provision of medical relief with extended support from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar - Is there a reason this detail is significant enough to be worth mentioning? 
     Done monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
  • While the guidelines for annotated links in MOS:SEEALSO don't really cover this explicitly, I think the type of annotations you have in the "See also" section should either be sourced or removed. A basic annotation (e.g. the article's short description or something like "a 2020 cyclone") is fine, but a claim like which displaced over 1 million people needs a source, especially since it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the linked article
    Partly done added some sources for Odisha, will add more for the others tmrw

Source review

  • I'm not entirely familiar with all of the sources used, but I couldn't see any that raised red flags on reliability
  • A lot of the "Meteorological history" section is based on primary bulletins released during the cyclone itself. Comparing this to other GAs/FAs in this topic area, it seems like using retrospective reports like ref 25 or scientific articles where possible would be preferable, but it's not something I'd necessarily insist on for a GA
Page 5 of that report is the best meteorological history wise for the raw data (wind speeds, intensity category, and pressure) but the firsthand bulletins can expand on what was happening to the cyclone in a more detailed way. HurricaneZetaC 18:43, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
  • There's quite a lot of academic literature about the cyclone that doesn't seem to have been used, e.g. . If you haven't already, I'd suggest reading through some of these sources and having a look through TWL, as it seems like there's information in these sources that I'd expect to be in the article

Spotchecks

All numbering as of this revision

  • Ref 4 - This says that the storm caused about US$8.1 billion in economic loss, which I don't think is quite the same as US$8.1 billion in damage. The source also seems to give a figure of 81 deaths, not 89
    1.  Not done When looking at other good articles in the same topic, it seems like economic loss are counted as damages; see Cyclone Dana for example. – LuniZunie(talk) 18:04, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
      To expand on this, I don't think there's a meaningful difference when the infobox prompts you to enter a monetary value. In other aspects, there can be a difference, but for the purposes of the infobox my interpretation is that damage is strictly monetary. While researching other cyclones I've seen both words used interchangeably. HurricaneZetaC 18:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
      I’m not sure they mean quite the same thing - “damages” to me implies the direct physical damage caused by the storm itself, while “economic loss” would include the indirect effects of the storm (i.e. the longer-term disruption to the wider economy). For instance, Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina seems to treat the two concepts as distinct. MCE89 (talk) 23:50, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
      That can be clarified in the body since that was also my train of thought. However we are limited to the template's constraints in the infobox. HurricaneZetaC 04:51, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
    2.  Done I don't see a better source saying deaths were 89, so I'm going to use the 81 claimed in the cited source. – LuniZunie(talk) 18:04, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Ref 9 - I may just not know how to interpret it, but does this source support the claim The system continued to intensify until 18:00 UTC on 27 April, after which it stagnated for over a day, as convection around the storm's center waxed and waned?
Partly supported (with the citation links fixed that it), hard to find, but is in the source. If you notice, for a whole day, the report on 27 April 22:10 IST (~18:00 UTC) is the last report to say the cyclone strengthen. However the convection waxing and waning part seems to be WP:OR so I've removed it. – LuniZunie(talk) 16:27, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Ref 19 - This doesn't seem to support most of the preceding text (e.g. it doesn't say that the storm made landfall near Puri or that it made landfall as an extremely severe cyclonic storm, and the wind speeds don't match the article)
This is interesting - the IMD is credited as the author, but the links go to Japan Meteorological Agency or Joint Typhoon Warning Center links with just the raw numbers...I'm not sure if these were originally produced by the IMD or by JMA/JTWC. The IMD uses 3-minute sustained winds to get the numbers, while JMA uses 10-minutes and JTWC uses 1-minute, so there can be discrepancies on this, which is why we include both IMD and JTWC wind speeds in the infobox. JMA numbers are completely irrelevant in this by the way, as they track the Western Pacific basin, not the North Indian one. HurricaneZetaC 18:37, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
LuniZunie this should be the correct link for the bulletins and Talk:2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season#Locations of advisories is also helpful HurricaneZetaC 18:46, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
Relinked to correct citation by the IMD which can be accessed here. Also fixed a few date-time issues – LuniZunie(talk) 16:21, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Ref 25 - This seems to say that it dissipated over north Myanmar, not Bhutan. Note that the current archive URL also goes to the wrong source (I used to access it instead)
Fixed – LuniZunie(talk) 16:37, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Ref 33 - Green tickY Verifies
  • Ref 35 - Green tickY Verifies
  • Ref 44 - Green tickY Verifies
  • Ref 50 - I can't see where this supports the claim that Nearly 4.5 million households were left without electricity - all it says is that only half of the 4.5 lakh (450,000) total electricity customers in the city had had their power restored by that point
    Don't know how I got this numbering so wrong, but fixed and removed the electrical poles uprooted numbering – LuniZunie(talk) 15:52, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • These claims currently appear to be unsourced:
    • On 26 April, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) began tracking a depression located to the west of Sumatra, classifying it as BOB 02.
       Done
    • It became the strongest storm on record in the North Indian Ocean, in terms of 1-minute sustained winds.
These things are often verifiability nightmares but the IMD uses 3-minute sustained winds. HurricaneZetaC 18:43, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
Removed – LuniZunie(talk) 16:32, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
    • ...but raised their estimate in post-season re-analysis.
I was told that this would be a WP:BLUESKY situation on a different article, provided that the sources are 1. the bulletin released during the cyclone and 2. the re-analysis, which here would be page 5 of that prelim report you linked earlier. HurricaneZetaC 18:44, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Other stuff from zeta

  • GA doesn't need to be comprehensive, but the impacts section is only 286 words long, and I'd think that it would be longer for the amount of deaths and damage it caused. Sure, the management of it was good, but it could be expanded pretty easily, right now the Odisha section has only one paragraph. Some ideas:
and to a lesser extent, of West Bengal. - was there anything on what it did in West Bengal?
 Done by MSK (monkeysmashingkeyboards renamed to MSK) – LuniZunie(talk) 16:43, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts reported an economic loss of ₹586.2 million (US$8.5 million). - there is more information in the cited source, and in other sources, about what specifically happened here, so you could go into detail on this rather than just listing the damage.
Basically what I said above for more sentences: what happened at the temple or the university to cause this damage? HurricaneZetaC 19:03, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 Done by MSK – LuniZunie(talk) 16:44, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • CHD Group supported the Government of Odisha through provision of medical relief with extended support from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar. is this relevant? Seems pretty trivial given that multiple non-profits/NGOs helped. HurricaneZetaC 19:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
Removed by MSK – LuniZunie(talk) 16:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • was the worst tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha "worst" is subjective - in terms of what? Damage, deaths, etc. and that should be sourced in the body as well HurricaneZetaC 19:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
Changed to was the strongest pre-monsoon tropical cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal since 1991 per doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab91e7 – LuniZunie(talk) 17:08, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Anything about its relation to climate change? HurricaneZetaC 19:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
To be honest, not much that I see, all of the articles seem to just have one or two sentences telling the reader that cyclone Fani is occurring, and then going back to talking about other cyclones and climate change. – LuniZunie(talk) 17:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
Would doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab91e7 be of interest? monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 17:16, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
trout Self-trout Oops, yep it would be... literally had it open in a separate tab and just forgot about it – LuniZunie(talk) 17:20, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
That paper is also CC-BY 4.0, and it has some cool graphics that might improve the article. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 17:25, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
 Done – LuniZunie(talk) 17:52, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • I think basically all of what's in Aftermath except the CHD Group part and Odisha requested 5,000 skilled manpower from neighboring states to help restore electricity. should go in Impact - the line is blurry but all the things that happened directly due to the cyclone, like people being impacted, power outages and poles being uprooted, should go in Impact while things like what they did after the cyclone and more indirect and delayed impacts should go in the Aftermath. HurricaneZetaC 19:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 Done by MSK – LuniZunie(talk) 17:14, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
  • @HurricaneZeta and MCE89: LuniZunie is pretty sick right now, so I've agreed to take over this GAN for him. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 22:23, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
    Thank you. LTA stuff seems like the most I can do right now... – LuniZunie(talk) 22:32, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
    Sorry to hear that, hope you feel better soon! That's all good - I’m also not fussed about the seven-day limit or anything, so feel free to take your time with this if you’d rather just come back to it in a few weeks. MCE89 (talk) 23:51, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
    Cheers =) – LuniZunie(talk) 23:52, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
    (also zeta if I have any questions abt this can I ask you? this is not at all my subject area, so everything is really new to me) monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 22:39, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
    Yeah sure! HurricaneZetaC 04:46, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
    @MSK I can pick this back up, might be sick but the headaches are gone. How much has been done and what is left? – LuniZunie(talk) 21:15, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
    I.e. Is everything you have done been marked as done here? – LuniZunie(talk) 21:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
    @LuniZunie: sorry about the delay, school's been more busy than usual. Everything I marked as done should be done, don't think there's any that are done but not marked as such. Cheers! monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 21:34, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
    Cheers, thanks, will pick up tomorrow. – LuniZunie(talk) 21:35, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
    @MCE89 Do you mind if I pick this up in about a week? I have a lot going on right now (that was unexpected). – LuniZunie(talk) 14:07, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
    Of course, no problem :) MCE89 (talk) 21:19, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
    Hi @LuniZunie, just checking in on how you're going with this? Still no rush on my side, just let me know whether you think you're likely to be able to get to this in the next few weeks. MCE89 (talk) 05:53, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
    @MCE89 Hey yeah thanks for being so patient, I plan on finishing and starting this week, ended up missing a whole week of school for being sick which took a pretty big tool and my editing stalled, and then I've had other things I have also had to work on, but this week seems perfectly lined up =) – LuniZunie(talk) 15:33, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

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