Cyclone Enawo

Intense Tropical Cyclone Enawo
Enawo at peak intensity just before landfall in Madagascar on 7 March
Meteorological history
Formed2 March 2017
Post-tropical10 March 2017
Dissipated11 March 2017
Intense tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (MFR)
Highest winds205 km/h (125 mph)
Highest gusts285 km/h (180 mph)
Lowest pressure932 hPa (mbar); 27.52 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds240 km/h (150 mph)
Lowest pressure926 hPa (mbar); 27.34 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities78
Missing18
Damage$400 million (2017 USD)
Areas affectedMadagascar, 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.[3] 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.[4]

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  3. ^ "Saisons cycloniques archivées" (in French). Météo-France. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Madagascar: Cyclone Enawo Situation Report No.5 (14 April 2017)". ReliefWeb. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.