Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/February

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  • 1968 - Cyclone Georgette dissipated after being active for 24 days in the south-west Indian Ocean, the longest tracked storm in the basin. The storm killed 32 people along its path.
  • 1994 - Cyclone Geralda (pictured) struck eastern Madagascar as one of the strongest tropical cyclones to hit the island since 1925. Geralda killed 231 people.
  • 2013 - Cyclone Iggy made landfall near Jurien Bay, Western Australia. Iggy's precursor killed 16 people in Indonesia.

February 3

  • 1952 - A tropical storm formed east of Florida, becoming the only Atlantic tropical cyclone on record in the month of February.
  • 1990 - Cyclone Ofa passed near the Samoan Islands near peak intensity, causing heavy damage and eight deaths across Polynesia.
  • 2011 - Cyclone Yasi (pictured) makes landfall in northern Queensland. Despite killing only one person, the storm ended up being the costliest tropical cyclone in the Australian basin, with damages topping up to US$3.6 billion.

February 4

  • 1986 - Cyclone Erinesta (pictured) reached peak intensity near Tromelin Island in the south-west Indian Ocean, with estimated 10-minute sustained winds of 170 km/h (105 mph).
  • 2002 - Cyclone Francesca reached peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph).
  • 2010 - Cyclone Oli moved through French Polynesia, where it killed one person and left US$70 million in damage.

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  • 1994 - Cyclone Hollanda (pictured) struck Mauritius in the south-west Indian Ocean, killing two people and leaving 1,500 people homeless.
  • 2015 - Typhoon Higos attained its peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph), becoming the easternmost, and second strongest storm in the month of February in the Northwest Pacific ocean.
  • 2019 - Cyclone Gelena passed by the archipelago of Mauritius as an intense tropical cyclone. Overall damage on the island were about US$1 million.

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  • 2006 - Cyclone Vaianu reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 965 hPa (mbar). Vaianu caused flooding in Tonga.
  • 2012 - Cyclone Giovanna (pictured) moved ashore eastern Madagascar, killing 35 people in the country.

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  • 2005 – Cyclone Nancy (pictured) moved through the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, the second of four powerful cyclones to affect the archipelago.
  • 2010 – Cyclone Dineo struck southern Mozambique, killing 280 people across southeastern Africa.

February 16

  • 2005 - Cyclone Olaf (pictured) reached its peak intensity with winds of 270 km/h (165 mph) to the northeast of American Samoa. Olaf caused over $10 million of damage on the islands.

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February 18

  • 2002 - Cyclone Guillaume (pictured) reached peak intensity of 205 km/h (125 mph) by 10-minute sustained winds.

February 19

  • 2015 - Cyclones Lam and Marcia (both pictured) struck different parts of Australia, marking the first time on record that two storms of Category 4 intensity struck the country on the same day. Lam moved ashore Northern Australia, causing widespread flooding. Six hours later, Marcia made landfall on Queensland as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone.

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February 23

  • 2019 - Typhoon Wutip (pictured) reached its peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 270 km/h (165 mph), making it the strongest typhoon on record in the month of February.

February 24

  • 1970 - Typhoon Nancy (pictured) reached peak intensity as a Category 4 typhoon, which is one of a very few storms to achieve typhoon category in the month of February.
  • 1995 - Cyclone Bobby hit Western Australia near Onslow, causing over 400 mm (15 in) of rain in the town. There were eight deaths related to Bobby.

February 25

  • 2007 - Cyclone Gamede (pictured) dropped 1,625 mm (64.0 in) of rainfall over a 24 hour period on Réunion in the south-west Indian Ocean, part of a nine-day precipitation total of 5.5 m (18 ft). Floods caused US$120 million in damage and four deaths.

February 26

  • 2004 - Cyclone Ivy moved through Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean near peak intensity, with 10 minute winds of 165 km/h (105 mph). Ivy killed two people in the country.
  • 2013 - Cyclone Rusty (pictured) reached peak intensity as it stalled offshore Western Australia, moving ashore a day later. Rusty caused US$510 million in damage.

February 27

  • 1960 - Cyclone Carol struck Mauritius, killing 40 people and leaving heavy damage.
  • 2014 - Cyclone Kofi (pictured) moved through Fiji, causing flooding.

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