Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/March/2

March 2

• 1997 - Tropical Storm Lisette moved ashore Mozambique, causing floods that killed 87 people.
• 2003 - Cyclone Japhet struck southern Mozambique; the cyclone killed 25 people in southeastern Africa.
• 2005 - Cyclone Percy (pictured) reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 900 hPa (mbar) near Palmerston Island, one of the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean.