Cyclone Freddy (2023)

Freddy crossed the southern Indian Ocean over a span of more than five weeks in February and March 2023, an unusually long-lived track for a tropical cyclone. It was classified as a very intense tropical cyclone, also carried under the name Severe Tropical Cyclone Freddy, and was deadly along its path.

Formed (UTC)

2023-02-04

Dissipated (UTC)

2023-03-14

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

140

Basin it formed in

South Indian

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2023036S12117

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, category 5, south indian ocean, 2023

Coordinates: -17.773780343626623, 61.7359769073604

Part of Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2023 and 2024 seasons

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