In the South-West Indian Ocean,

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's La Réunion tropical cyclone centre (MFR, RSMC La Réunion) monitors all

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s. A very intense tropical cyclone (VITC) is the highest category on the South-West Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone scale, and has winds of over 115

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). The most recent very intense tropical cyclone was

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Background

The South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the

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between Africa and

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. The basin is officially monitored by

who run the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre in La Réunion, while other meteorological services such as the Australian

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, Mauritius Meteorological Service as well as the United States

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also monitor the basin. Within the basin a very intense tropical cyclone is a

that has 10-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds of over .

Systems

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Other systems

The Mauritius Meteorological Service classifies

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in 2002 as a Very Intense Tropical Cyclone. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology estimates that Severe Tropical Cyclone Daryl–Agnielle 1995 peaked with 10-minute sustained winds of , which would make it a Very Intense Tropical Cyclone. However, RSMC La Réunion shows that the system peaked with 10-minute sustained winds of which makes it an Intense Tropical Cyclone.

Climatology

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