The 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was inactive season that had only one major cyclone, it offically began on new year's day and ended on new year's eve, meaning storm formation is possible at anytime, the strongest storm was Ockhi which peaked as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, the only one out of three named cyclonic storms.
On April 11 a area of low pressure formed over the Adaman sea, the following day it was marked by the JTWC as a disturbance, after days of organization the storm was named Maarutha
