The name Freddy has been used for two

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...

s in the Australian region of the Southern Hemisphere. The more recent of the two crossed into the South-West Indian Ocean region. *

Cyclone Freddy (2009) Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Freddy, also known as Severe Tropical Cyclone Freddy, was an exceptionally long-lived, powerful, and deadly tropical cyclone that traversed the southern Indian Ocean for more than five weeks in February and March 20 ...

– Category 1 tropical cyclone that caused heavy rainfall in Indonesia, killing two *

Cyclone Freddy Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Freddy was an exceptionally long-lived, powerful, and deadly storm that traversed the southern Indian Ocean for more than five weeks in February and March 2023. Freddy is both the longest-lasting and highest-ACE-p ...

(2023) – Category 5 tropical cyclone which became the longest-lived and highest-

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-producing tropical cyclone on record; severely affected Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar, causing at least 1430 deaths

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