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On November 9, an area of low pressure formed in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Sri Lanka. The storm moved northwards, but failed to organize further, due to strong wind shear. Conditions later improved while the system moved north-northeastwards, and intensified into a depression on November 15.
The first tropical cyclone of the year was a tropical disturbance in the South Pacific, which formed on January 2 over the Solomon Islands.It was the first of 20 tropical cyclones in the South Pacific during the year, [57] [58] including Cyclone Donna, which became the strongest cyclone on record in the basin in the month of May, with 10 minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph). [59]
Get the Moorea-Maiao, Windward Islands local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The storm brought rainy weather on the All Saints's Day (November 1) to Visayas. The tropical depression made landfall over Busuanga, Palawan at midnight on November 1. On November 2, Ramil strengthened, and the JTWC and JMA upgraded Ramil to a tropical storm, and gave the system the international name Damrey. [178]
Moʻorea (English: / ˌ m oʊ. oʊ ˈ r eɪ. ɑː / or / ˈ m oʊ. oʊ r eɪ /; [4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia.It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti.
December 1 – February 28: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 20: First event started: November 19, 2016: Last event concluded: May 1, 2017: Most notable event; Name: March 2017 North American blizzard • Duration: March 11–15, 2017 • Lowest pressure: 974 mb (28.76 inHg) • Fatalities: 16–19 fatalities • Damage: Unknown ...
Three simultaneous hurricanes active on September 8, 2017 – with Katia (left), Irma (center), and Jose (right).All three were threatening land at the time. Taken by various of satellites throughout 2017, these are the 19 tropical cyclones that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during that year, from Enawo in March to Lan in October (though Debbie is out of order).
The 2017 Pacific hurricane season was an above average Pacific hurricane season in terms of named storms, [nb 1] though less active than the previous three, featuring eighteen named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. [nb 2] Despite the considerable amount of activity, most of the storms were weak and short-lived.