Cyclone Enawo
Enawo at peak intensity just before landfall in Madagascar on 7 March | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2 March 2017 |
| Post-tropical | 10 March 2017 |
| Dissipated | 11 March 2017 |
| Intense tropical cyclone | |
| 10-minute sustained (MFR) | |
| Highest winds | 205 km/h (125 mph) |
| Highest gusts | 285 km/h (180 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 932 hPa (mbar); 27.52 inHg |
| Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 240 km/h (150 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 926 hPa (mbar); 27.34 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 78 |
| Missing | 18 |
| Damage | $400 million (2017 USD) |
| Areas affected | Madagascar, Réunion |
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Part of the 2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
Intense Tropical Cyclone Enawo was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Enawo was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Madagascar since Gafilo in 2004, killing 78 people and causing $400 million in damages. Forming as a moderate tropical storm on 3 March, Enawo initially drifted and intensified slowly. It strengthened into a tropical cyclone on 5 March and further an intense tropical cyclone on 6 March. Enawo made landfall over Sava Region on 7 March just after reaching peak intensity, and it emerged back into the Indian Ocean as a post-tropical depression late on 9 March, before dissipating two days later. The most severe impacts were seen in the districts of Antalaha and Maroantsetra.