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The sixth tropical cyclone and the second severe tropical cyclone of the 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, while being the third severe tropical cyclone of the annual South Pacific cyclone season, Niran was the second Category 5 severe tropical cyclone in the South Pacific cyclone season, following Cyclone Yasa.
Later that year, Cyclone Yasa made landfall in Fiji as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph) and momentary gusts of 345 km/h (215 mph). [43] Severe Tropical Cyclone Niran subsequently skirted the coast of New Caledonia as it weakened into a Category 3 Severe Tropical Cyclone. [46]
Niran later reached category 4 status on the Australian scale late on the next day [161] and Category 5 on 5 March. [162] The storm accelerated southwestwards and crossed into the FMS' area of responsibility on 6 March whilst weakening. Niran did an extensive amount of damage to banana crops in Queensland. Farmers assessed the crop damage to ...
Tropical Cyclone Niran brought a damaging blow to New Caledonia and Australia despite not making landfall in either country. On Friday, local time, Niran approached New Caledonia as a Category 5 ...
The 2020–21 South Pacific cyclone season was an average season where most tropical cyclones formed within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E. The season officially started on November 1, 2020, and officially ended on April 30, 2021, however a tropical cyclone could form at any time between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, and would count towards the season total.
Niran (2021) – a Category 5 tropical cyclone which affected Queensland and New Caledonia. Nisarga (2020) – was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Maharashtra in the month of June since 1891. Nisha; 1983 – formed and existed at the same time as Severe Tropical Cyclone Oscar. 1993 – remained away from highly ...
On March 1, the system strengthened into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian region basin scale, and was given the name Niran by the BoM. On March 3, Niran began to undergo rapid intensification as it began accelerating away from the Australian coast, towards the southeast. On March 5, Niran crossed over into the FMS's area of ...
[67] [68] Tropical Cyclone Lincoln formed on 16 February and made landfall on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. [69] Severe Tropical Cyclone Neville formed north of the Cocos Islands [70] on 1 March and left the basin 20 days later. [71] Severe Tropical Cyclone Megan formed on 13 March from a tropical low over the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria ...