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In December 1986, Cyclone Raja stalled near the territory, producing a record 24-hour rainfall total of 674.9 mm (26.57 in) on Futuna. [248] In December 2012, Cyclone Evan passed near the territory, producing wind gusts of 156 km/h (97 mph), the highest ever recorded on Wallis Island since records began in 1971. [249]
Cyclone Yaku is the only known tropical cyclone to have ever affected the Pacific side of South America on record, albeit its status as a tropical cyclone is unofficial. [citation needed] Although conditions are typically too hostile for many storms to hit the area from the South Atlantic Ocean, there have been a few tropical cyclones to affect ...
Until the start of the 1985–86 tropical cyclone season the basin only extended to 80°E, with the 10 degrees between 80 and 90E considered to be a part of the Australian region. [31] On average about 9 cyclones per year develop into tropical storms, while 5 of those go on to become tropical cyclones that are equivalent to a hurricane or a ...
Normally, when waves hit the beach, water flows back to the ocean uniformly. But low spots in the ocean floor, near surf or breaks in sandbars, disrupt that uniform return of water.
Severe tropical cyclones defoliate tropical forest canopy trees, remove vines and epiphytes from the trees, break tree crown stems, and cause tree falls. The degree of damage they do along their paths, at a landscape level (i.e. > 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)), can be catastrophic yet variable and patchy. [38]
The cyclone entered northern Mozambique, 800km west of Mayotte, on Sunday, causing heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous sea conditions. It slammed the northern province of Cabo Delgado ...
Hurricanes happen in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, typhoons occur in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, while cyclones take place in the northwestern Pacific Ocean ...
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]