Cyclone Xavier (2006)

Xavier formed on 20 October 2006 north of the Santa Cruz Islands as a pre-season system and reached peak 10-minute winds of 175 km/h early on 24 October. With the storm over the Santa Cruz group, the whole of Temotu Province was placed under a tropical cyclone gale warning and cyclone watches were declared for Rennell, Bellona and Vanuatu. It tracked between Vanuatu and Fiji.

Formed (UTC)

2006-10-20

Dissipated (UTC)

2006-10-26

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

South Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2006294S10168

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, solomon islands, vanuatu, fiji, pre-season

Coordinates: -13.594883830532847, 169.59488383053284

Part of South Pacific tropical cyclones of category 4 and above in the 1997 to 2009 seasons

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