Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/March/15

March 15

• 1889 - A cyclone passed over Apia, Samoa, wrecking 6 naval ships moored there, killing at least 147 American and German sailors.
• 1986 - Cyclone Honorinina struck eastern Madagascar, killing 99 people.
• 2019 – One of the worst tropical cyclones to affect Africa, Cyclone Idai (pictured) made landfall over Mozambique. Idai killed over 1,300 people with more than 2,000 people missing. With estimated damages of US$2.2 billion, Idai also became the costliest tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean basin, as well as the costliest natural disaster in Africa.