List of South-West Indian Ocean cyclones before 1900

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The following is a list of South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclones before the year 1900, or 20th century.

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Storms

1848

On January 11, 1848, the first tropical cyclone on record was observed in the basin. [1]

April 1872 Zanzibar cyclone

On 14th April 1872 there are accounts of a tropical cyclone passing over Zanzibar. [2]

April 1892 Mauritius cyclone

1200 deaths - 50,000 homeless. The most dramatic and the most devastating cyclone in the history of the country. Sugar production fell 42%. A third of the city of Port Louis was destroyed in a few hours.

February 1899 Madagascar cyclone

On February 4, a cyclone hit Vohemar in northeastern Madagascar, producing a minimum pressure of 972 mbar (28.7 inHg). [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Philippe Caroff; et al. (June 2011). Operational procedures of TC satellite analysis at RSMC La Reunion (PDF) (Report). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  2. ↑ Msemo, Hellen E.; Finney, Declan L.; Mbuya, Samwel I. (April 2022). "Forgotten accounts of tropical cyclones making landfall in Tanzania" (PDF). Weather. 77 (4): 127–131. Bibcode:2022Wthr...77..127M. doi: 10.1002/wea.3921 .
  3. ↑ Longshore, David (12 May 2010). Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition. Infobase Publishing. ISBN   9781438118796 – via Google Books.
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