Vertical video warningVery Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud was the strongest tropicalcyclone of 2014 within the North Indian Ocean, as well as the mostdestructive storm in the basin since Cyclone Jal in 2010.Hudhud originated from a low pressure that formed under the influenceof an upper-air cyclonic circulation in the Andaman Sea on October 6.Hudhud intensified into a cyclonic storm on October 8 and as a SevereCyclonic Storm on October 9. Hudhud underwent rapid deepening in the following days and was classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm by the IMD. Shortly before landfall near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradeshon October 12, Hudhud reached its peak strength with three minute windspeeds of 175 km/h (109 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 960 mbar(28.35 inHg). The system drifted northwards over land and was last notedas a well-marked low pressure area over east Uttar Pradesh on October 14.[4]