Tropical Cyclone Dineo was one of the deadliest
tropical cyclones on record in the South-West Indian Ocean and Southern Hemisphere as a whole. It was the first tropical cyclone to hit Mozambique since
Cyclone Jokwe
Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year, and was the most recent cyclone to make landfall on Mozambique until Cyclone Dineo in 2017. The tenth nam ...
in 2008.
Meteorological history
The origins of Dineo can be tracked back to a cluster of thunderstorms that organized into an area of low pressure in the
Mozambique Channelon February 11. Over the next two days, the system gradually drifted in a generally southern track as it gained intensity and prompted the JTWC to issue a TCFA. On February 13, RSMC La Réunion declared that a Tropical Disturbance had formed in the area and began issuing advisories. Located in a very favorable environment, the depression quickly increased in intensity and both the RSMC and JTWC noted winds of at least later that day, with the RSMC subsequently naming the storm ''Dineo''.
Impact
Dineo struck Mozambique on February 15 as a tropical cyclone, bringing torrential rain and damaging winds.
Dineo was the first tropical cyclone to hit Mozambique since
Cyclone Jokwe
Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year, and was the most recent cyclone to make landfall on Mozambique until Cyclone Dineo in 2017. The tenth nam ...
in 2008. Satellite-derived estimates indicated up to of rain fell in
Inhambane
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.
At least seven people were killed across the country,
including a child crushed by a fallen tree in
Massinga
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. An estimated 20,000 homes were destroyed and approximately 130,000 people were directly affected.
Widespread
flooding took place in
Zimbabwe, with Mutare, Chiredzi, and Beitbridge particularly hard-hit. At least 271 people were killed by the storm and damage exceeded US$200 million. The storm's remnants triggered destructive floods in
Botswana. In the month following the storm, a
cholera
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outbreak in Mozambique and Malawi infected more than 1,200 people and claimed 2 lives.
See also
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Weather of 2016
The following is a list of weather events that occurred in 2016.
Global conditions
Monthly summary
Summary by weather type
Winter storms and cold waves
Floods
Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires
Tornadoes
A small tornado outbr ...
and
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
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Tropical cyclones in 2016 and
2017
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Cyclone Jokwe
Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year, and was the most recent cyclone to make landfall on Mozambique until Cyclone Dineo in 2017. The tenth nam ...
– The last cyclone to hit Mozambique prior to Dineo
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Cyclone Idai – A similar, but stronger and deadlier cyclone
References
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Cyclones in Mozambique
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