UPSC | Prelims GS | 2026

Cyclone Isaias was described in the newspaper as which of the following?

  1. The first hurricane since 2024 to hit the United States mainland
  2. The first cyclone ever recorded in the Indian Ocean
  3. A tropical depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal
  4. A typhoon that made landfall in Japan in 2026

Answer

Correct Answer

The first hurricane since 2024 to hit the United States mainland

Explanation

Option A is correct: the report called Isaias the first hurricane since 2024 to hit the U.S. mainland and linked the season to a historic El Niño phenomenon. Option B makes an unsupported global claim. Option C places the storm in the wrong basin and weakens its reported classification. Option D confuses Atlantic hurricanes with western Pacific typhoons.

Topics: atlantic hurricane season, cyclone isaias united states mainland, geography, tropical cyclones