Cyclone Fantala (2016)

The storm formed on 11 April 2016 to the south of Diego Garcia and intensified east of Madagascar, satellite imagery on 15 April showing a small but well defined eye inside a thick band of rain. Late on 17 April the Météo-France office on Réunion estimated peak ten-minute winds of 250 km/h. Near that peak it passed close to the Farquhar Group of the Seychelles and damaged most of the buildings in the small archipelago.

Formed (UTC)

2016-04-10

Dissipated (UTC)

2016-04-26

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

155

Basin it formed in

South Indian

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2016102S12074

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, seychelles, farquhar, diego garcia

Coordinates: -9.3, 49.478816520989504

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

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