Cyclone Bejisa (2014)

In its formative stages the system dropped heavy rainfall on Seychelles, and also brought rain to Mauritius and Madagascar, before affecting Réunion and Mauritius in early January 2014. Agricultural losses, mainly to vanilla and sugar cane, came to 62 million euros, about US$84.8 million. One person was killed by head trauma and 16 were injured.

Formed (UTC)

2013-12-27

Dissipated (UTC)

2014-01-07

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

South Indian

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2013362S09053

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, reunion, mauritius, agriculture

Coordinates: -26.68707813263209, 51.62584373473582

Part of South-West Indian Ocean cyclones of category 4 and above in the 2010 to 2018 seasons

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