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Tropical Cyclones In The Comoros Islands
The Comoros Islands are an archipelago in the Mozambique Channel, located in the South Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa. The islands include the country of Comoros as well as the French overseas department of Mayotte. Since 1864, at least 27 tropical cyclones have affected the archipelago, most recently Cyclone Chido in December 2024, which killed at least 20 people when it hit Mayotte. The island group has a history of deadly and disruptive cyclones. In February and April 1898, cyclones moved through the islands, causing a famine. After cyclones struck in December 1904 and 1905, another famine occurred in the islands, killing 490 people. A cyclone in December 1950 killed 585 people. In January 1983, Severe Tropical Storm Elinah killed 33 people from high winds and floods. In 2019, Cyclone Kenneth killed nine people and injured 200 others. Climatology Due to their low latitude, the islands are rarely affected by tropical cyclone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chido 2024-12-14 0710Z
Intense Tropical Cyclone Chido was a compact but very powerful, destructive, and deadly tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Africa in December 2024. Chido, which means ''a desire'' in Shona language, Shona, was the third named storm and the second List of South-West Indian Ocean intense tropical cyclones, intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. It became the strongest tropical cyclone to affect Agaléga since Cyclone Andry in 1983, and the most powerful storm to strike Mayotte in at least 90 years. It is also the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the South-West Indian Ocean basin, surpassing Cyclone Idai of 2019. Chido originated from an elongated circulation that the Météo-France office in Réunion (RSMC La Réunion) began monitoring on 7 December, located east of Diego Garcia. In the post-storm analysis, it was indicated that the storm had already begun forming as a zone of disturbed weather on 5 December. On 11 December, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
