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The 2015–16 season marked the period of the year when most tropical cyclones form within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E. The season officially ran from November 1, 2015, to April 30, 2016, however a tropical cyclone could form at any time between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016, and would count towards the season total.
The Central Pacific basin saw its most active tropical cyclone season on record with 16 tropical cyclones recorded during 2015. [17] [18] Within the Southern Hemisphere, the El Niño pushed tropical cyclone activity in the South Pacific Ocean eastwards, with activity flourishing near Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga.
2015–16 South Pacific cyclone season 1: Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, Vanuatu, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Samoan Islands: 10 5 $1.4 billion 46 2016–17 South Pacific cyclone season 2: Fiji: 5 0 $4.7 million None Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone: United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Tunisia ...
As the 2015–16 tropical cyclone year opened on 1 July 2015, the newly named Tropical Cyclone Raquel moved south-westward into the Australian region. Over the next couple of days, the system meandered around 160°E and moved through the Solomon Islands, before it was last noted on 5 July. The basin subsequently remained quiet with only several ...
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (AP) -- Relief workers saw a flattened landscape and widespread destruction in Vanuatu's outer islands Tuesday after struggling for days to reach the areas of the South Pacific ...
A South Pacific tropical cyclone is a non-frontal, low pressure system that has developed, ... 2015–16: 18: 8: 5: Winston: 50: ≥ $1.41 billion: Ula, Winston [note ...
Part of the 2015–16 South Pacific and Australian region cyclone seasons Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the most intense in the Southern Hemisphere on record, as well as the strongest to make landfall on record, and the most intense and longest lasting tropical cyclone worldwide in ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated Soudelor's central pressure at 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday was 900 millibars, making Soudelor the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2015.