Tropical_Depression_Emily_(1962)

1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Cyclone season in the Southwest Indian Ocean


The 1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a busy cyclone season, lasting from December to April.

Quick Facts Seasonal boundaries, First system formed ...

Systems

Tropical Storm Ada

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.

Cyclone Beryl

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Cyclone Chantal

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Cyclone Daisy

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Tropical Storm Flora

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Tropical Storm Gina

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.[1]

Tropical Depression Helene

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Tropical Storm Isabel

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Existed southeast of Madagascar.

Cyclone Jenny

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of 235 km/h (146 mph).[2][3] On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached 250 km/h (160 mph). Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.[4]

Tropical Storm Kate

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Struck eastern Madagascar.

Tropical Storm Lucy

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Passed near St. Brandon.[5]

Cyclone Maud

Quick Facts Duration, Peak intensity ...

Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.[6]

Other storms

A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 1921. At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°.[7] On January 22, a system named Emily existed briefly west of that general region.[8]

See also

  • Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1961, 1962
  • Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1961, 1962
  • Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1961, 1962
  • North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1961, 1962

References

  1. "IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship". www.atms.unca.edu.
  2. "List of Historical Cyclones". Mauritius Meteorological Services. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  3. "Le cyclone Jenny a fait basculer La Réunion dans le monde modern" (PDF). Le Dimanche (in French). March 4, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Tropical_Depression_Emily_(1962), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.