User:DachshundLover82/sandbox/Cyclone Fakir
Appearance
Tropical cyclone (SWIO scale) | |
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Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
![]() Cyclone Fakir nearing Réunion on April 23 | |
Formed | April 20, 2018 |
Dissipated | April 25, 2018 |
(Remnant low after April 24) | |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 130 km/h (80 mph) 1-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 975 hPa (mbar); 28.79 inHg |
Fatalities | 2 total |
Damage | $24.5 million (2018 USD) |
Areas affected | Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius |
Part of the 2017–18 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season |
Meteorological history
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Map key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
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On April 20, 2018, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitor an area of low pressure over the Indian Ocean, for potential tropical cyclogenesis. The JTWC later issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) at 8:00 UTC on April 22.[1] Météo-France designated the system as a tropical depression at 6:00 UTC the next day, following an increase in convection and the development of an inner core.[2] The JTWC issued their first warning on the developing tropical cyclone just six hours later.[1]
Preparations and impact
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "2018 Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Forecast Warning (South-West Indian Ocean)" (PDF). Météo France. April 23, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
External links
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