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January 29

1984: Tropical Storm Domoina, a day after making landfall in Mozambique, began bringing record rainfall that would eventually total more than 900 millimetres (35 in) to Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini) and parts of South Africa.

1989: Cyclone Firinga dropped torrential rain on the French overseas department of Réunion, including 1,309 millimetres (51.5 in) at Pas de Bellecombe in just 24 hours.

1992: Hurricane Ekeka became the earliest and southernmost hurricane on record to form in the eastern Pacific Ocean.