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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Batsirai (2022)
24 January 2022 · South Indian Ocean · Category 4
Cyclone Batsirai formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 24 January 2022 and lasted 18 days. Its sustained winds reached 232 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 932 hPa. It made landfall in Madagascar. It killed at least 123 people.
- Formed
- 24 January 2022
- Dissipated
- 10 February 2022
- Duration
- 18 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 232 km/h (125 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 932 hPa
- Deaths
- 123
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Madagascar167 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone Halima232 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Vernon222 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Emnati213 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Gombe185 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth