Cyclone Dikeledi
Dikeledi during its peak intensity south of Madagascar on 16 January. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 30 December 2024 |
| Extratropical | 17 January 2025 |
| Dissipated | 21 January 2025 |
| Intense tropical cyclone | |
| 10-minute sustained (MFR) | |
| Highest winds | 175 km/h (110 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 945 hPa (mbar); 27.91 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 950 hPa (mbar); 28.05 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected |
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Part of the 2024–25 Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons | |
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. It formed south of Java, Indonesia as a tropical low on 30 December 2024, traversing the southern Indian Ocean before entering the South-West Indian Ocean basin on 4 January, and the Météo-France office in Réunion (MFR) monitoring the system two days later. On the following day, the MFR upgraded the system to a tropical depression, with deep convection having developed and microwave overpass images suggesting the circulation beginning to organize. The MFR upgraded the depression to a moderate tropical storm on 9 January, and then a tropical cyclone the following day. Dikeledi made landfall near Antsiranana, Madagascar on 12 January.