1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Systems

Tropical Storm Ada

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=35 Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.

Cyclone Beryl

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=70

Cyclone Chantal

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=70

Cyclone Daisy

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=75

Tropical Storm Flora

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=35

Tropical Storm Gina

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=35 The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.

Tropical Depression Helene

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=30

Tropical Storm Isabel

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=35 Existed southeast of Madagascar.

Cyclone Jenny

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=70 On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of 235 km/h. On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached 250 km/h. Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.

Tropical Storm Kate

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=35 Struck eastern Madagascar.

Tropical Storm Lucy

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=35 Passed near St. Brandon.

Cyclone Maud

|10-min winds= |1-min winds=75 Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.

Other storms

A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 19–21. At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°. On January 22, a system named Emily existed briefly west of that general region.

References

References

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