 |
 Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso shortly after peak intensity on January 24, 2012 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | January 17, 2012 |
| Extratropical | January 28, 2012 |
| Dissipated | February 1, 2012 |
| Intense tropical cyclone | |
| 10-minute sustained (MFR) | |
| Highest winds | 205 km/h (125 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 925 hPa (mbar); 27.32 inHg |
| Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 220 km/h (140 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 937 hPa (mbar); 27.67 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | At least 40 total |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected | Mozambique, Malawi |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2011–12 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso was a powerful tropical cyclone which produced flooding in Mozambique and Malawi in January 2012. It was the eighth tropical cyclone, the sixth named storm and the second tropical cyclone to form during the 2011–12 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Funso was also the first intense tropical cyclone since Gelane in 2010 and the first storm to affect Mozambique since Jokwe in 2008.