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User:Jason Rees/1984 Tuvalu

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Unnamed tropical cyclone
Category 1 tropical cyclone (Aus scale)
tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Satellite image of the unnamed tropical cyclone near its peak intensity
FormedDecember 26, 1984
DissipatedDecember 28, 1984
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 85 km/h (50 mph)
1-minute sustained: 85 km/h (50 mph)
Lowest pressure987 hPa (mbar); 29.15 inHg
Fatalities26
Damage$110 million (1984 USD)
Areas affectedTuvalu, Wallis and Futuna
Part of the 1984–85 South Pacific cyclone season

Meteorological History

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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
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
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

During December 20, a monsoonal trough of low pressure that had been fluctuating to the north and south of the Fijian dependency of Rotuma, started to move northwards towards the Tuvaluan island of Funafuti. As the trough moved northwards over the next few days, as the trough moved northwards

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