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Cyclone Leon–Eline
Intense Tropical Cyclone Leon–Eline was the second longest-lived cyclone in the Indian Ocean, behind Cyclone Freddy, traveling over during its 29-day track through the Indian Ocean, throughout the month of February. The cyclone formed on 1 February 2000, in the Australian basin as Tropical Cyclone Leon, and was tropical cyclone naming, renamed ''Eline'' after crossing 90th meridian east, 90° E into the South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone, South-West Indian Ocean; there, the Météo-France office in Réunion (MFR) tracked the storm's movement and intensity. Late on 17 February, Eline made landfall (meteorology), landfall near Mahanoro, Madagascar, with 10‑minute winds of . The storm rapidly weakened over land, but restrengthened in the Mozambique Channel to reach peak 10‑minute winds of , making it an Tropical cyclone scales#South-West Indian Ocean, intense tropical cyclone. On 22 February, Eline made landfall about south of Beira, Mozambique, near peak intens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999–2000 South-West Indian Ocean Cyclone Season
The 1999–2000 South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season was the first on record in which two storms – Cyclone Leon–Eline, Leon–Eline and Cyclone Hudah, Hudah – struck Mozambique at tropical cyclone scales#South-West Indian Ocean, tropical cyclone intensity, or with maximum sustained winds of at least . The most notable storm of the season was Eline, which was the third longest-lasting storm on record in the basin. It lasted for 29 days while traversing the southern Indian Ocean, making the strongest landfall in decades along eastern Madagascar in late February. The storm was the first in a series of three storms that struck the country in early 2000, along with Gloria in March and Hudah in April. Collectively, the three storms killed at least 316 people. The season started on November 1, 1999, and ended for most of the basin on April 30, 2000; for Mauritius and the Seychelles, the season continued until May 15. These dates conventionally de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
