Cyclone Hellen (2014)

The storm formed on 26 March 2014 in the northern Mozambique Channel and brought rainfall to coastal Mozambique while still developing. It peaked between 1100 and 1500 UTC on 30 March with winds of 230 km/h, gusts to 325 km/h and a pressure of 915 mbar, then turned on northwestern Madagascar with storm surge, violent winds and heavy rain. There it damaged or destroyed 611 houses and left 1,736 people homeless.

Formed (UTC)

2014-03-26

Dissipated (UTC)

2014-04-05

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

130

Basin it formed in

South Indian

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2014086S10041

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, mozambique channel, madagascar, storm surge

Coordinates: -17.073780604775724, 44.10777424403035

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

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