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Intense Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi was a long-lived tropical cyclone that traversed the southern Indian Ocean in December 2024 and January 2025. Dikeledi, which means tears in Sotho , is the fourth named storm and the third intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season .
Cyclone Dikeledi formed near Java, Indonesia on 30 December 2024, and was named on 9 January. It hit Madagascar as a tropical cyclone, then Mozambique, fluctuating in strength. It peaked as an intense tropical cyclone on 16 January, setting a record for its southerly location, before weakening and becoming extratropical on 17 January.
In 2025, tropical cyclones will form in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones will be named by various weather agencies when they attain maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). The strongest system this year so far is Cyclone Vince, which attained a minimum barometric pressure ...
Tropical and subtropical cyclones Main article: Tropical cyclones in 2025 Cyclone Dikeledi , a powerful Intense Tropical Cyclone (Category 3 on the SSHWS) that battered Madagascar and Mozambique as a Tropical Cyclone (Category 2 on the SSHWS).
May was an average month, featuring five cyclones, with four receiving names, the month started with Cyclone Ialy, which formed near Comoros and intensified into a compact tropical cyclone. On May 22, Typhoon Ewiniar formed southeast of Palau, traversing the Philippines before strengthening as a potent Category-2 typhoon over Lamon Bay .
Cyclone Chido at peak intensity on 12 December 2024. Intense tropical cyclone is the second-highest classification used within the South-West Indian Ocean to classify tropical cyclones with and are amongst the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth. A total of 101 tropical cyclones have peaked as an intense tropical cyclone while in ...
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 , was the third named storm and the second intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season .
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]