User:Hurricane Noah/Cyclone Dineo
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Tropical cyclone (SWIO scale) | |
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Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
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Formed | February 13, 2017 |
Dissipated | February 17, 2017 |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph) 1-minute sustained: 150 km/h (90 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 955 hPa (mbar); 28.2 inHg |
Fatalities | 280 |
Damage | $217 million (USD) |
Areas affected | Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi |
Part of the 2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season |
Meteorological history[edit]
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Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
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On 8 February, the Météo-France office on Réunion (MFR) began discussing the possibility of a low forming in the southern Mozambique Channel during the next week.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Bulletin for Cyclonic Activity and Significant Tropical Weather in the Southwest Indian Ocean" (PDF). Meteo France La Reunion. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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