❖ Cyclone Asna has formed over the Kutch coast in Gujarat and adjoining areas of Pakistan.

❖ This cyclonic storm is a rare land-originating one in August and headed to the Arabian Sea.

 ❖ This is the first cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in August since 1976.

❖ The name Asna, which means “the one to be acknowledged or praised”, has been given by Pakistan.

❖ Between 1891 and 2023, only three cyclonic storms formed in the Arabian Sea in August (in 1976, 1964, and 1944)