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Météo-France is responsible for the issuance of tropical cyclone watches and warnings for New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia and the Pitcairn Islands. [33] The National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of the Solomon Islands , Samoa , Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , Tonga , New Zealand, Vanuatu , Timor Leste and ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Wasa–Arthur was the first major tropical cyclone to affect French Polynesia and Tahiti since the 1982–83 season.The system was first noted on 3 December 1991, as a shallow tropical depression that was embedded within the monsoon trough, to the north of the Cook Island: Rarotonga.
The cyclone formed out of a tropical disturbance on 29 January 2010 and was designated as Tropical Cyclone 12P on 1 February. After passing through the northern Cook Islands, it turned southeast through French Polynesia , causing severe damage in the Austral Islands .
Several hundred people are feared dead on the French island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean, after a cyclone brought wind speeds of 140mph (225kmh) The island's prefect says the number killed will ...
By 4 March, Judy had transitioned to a storm-force extratropical cyclone, with its winds weakening to gale-force 12 hours later. [28] [29] It was last noted as a gale-force low two days later on 6 March, about 955 km (595 mi) to the south of Tubuai, French Polynesia, then it dissipated the same time it was last noted as a gale-force low. [30]
Pages in category "Tropical cyclones in French Polynesia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... 1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons;
The French Development Agency's (AFD) 2022-2026 Mayotte strategy plan found the archipelago was particularly vulnerable to climate change. Powerful cyclones threaten Mayotte's port and airport.
Tropical Cyclone Alan was considered to be one of the worst natural disasters experienced in French Polynesia.The system, first noted as a tropical disturbance on April 17, 1998 east of the Northern Cook Islands, initially moved erratically prior to its designation as Alan upon developing into a tropical cyclone on April 21.