Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
After a brief lull in activity, Tropical Cyclone Belal formed on 11 January. [4] Belal would affect Mauritius and Reunion, killing six people. [5] [6] On 22 January, Moderate Tropical Storm Candice formed. [7] On 25 January, Intense Tropical Cyclone Anggrek entered the basin, [8] while Tropical Depression 05 emerging northeast of St. Brandon. [9]
Tropical Cyclone Belal was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall over Réunion since Hondo in 2008, and the strongest to strike the island since Firinga in 1989. [1] The second named storm of the 2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Belal was first identified as a disturbance east of Agaléga in early January 2024.
In the Philippine languages, tropical cyclones are generally called bagyo. [1] Climatologically, in the Northwest Pacific basin, most tropical cyclones develop between May and October. However, the Philippines can experience a tropical cyclone anytime in the year, with the most storms during the months of June to September.
On June 28, Tropical Storm Beryl formed at 43.6° W, being the second-easternmost cyclone on record in the tropical Atlantic, behind only Tropical Storm Bret in 2023. [16] The next day, Beryl intensified into a hurricane at 49.3° W , [ 17 ] becoming the easternmost June hurricane in the tropical Atlantic on record, ahead of the 1933 Trinidad ...
The nearby French island of Reunion was assessing the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Belal. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said two more bodies had been found, bringing the death toll ...
SAINT-PAUL, Réunion (AP) — A tropical cyclone hit the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean on Monday, bringing intense rains and powerful winds and leaving about a quarter of households ...
During 2023, tropical cyclones formed in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. They were named by various weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). Throughout the year, a total of 115 systems formed, with 79 of them being named.
Since 1963, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has assigned local names to a tropical cyclone should it move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it.