Cyclone Giovanna (2012)

After an eyewall replacement cycle left a new eye about 50 kilometres across, the cyclone came ashore at Andevoranto on the east coast of Madagascar at about 2200 UTC on 13 February 2012, just north of Vatomandry, with winds reported up to 120 mph, storm surge and heavy rain. Rainfall estimates for eastern Madagascar reached about 305 mm. Thirty-five deaths were attributed to the storm along the Madagascar coast and on Réunion and Mauritius.

Formed (UTC)

2012-02-07

Dissipated (UTC)

2012-02-22

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

South Indian

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2012039S14075

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, madagascar, landfall, storm surge

Coordinates: -19.014662522970212, 47.21935612366383

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

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