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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Chris (2002)
2 February 2002 · South Indian Ocean · Category 4
Cyclone Chris formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 2 February 2002 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 232 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 916 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 2 February 2002
- Dissipated
- 7 February 2002
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 232 km/h (125 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 916 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Australia219 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Cyclone Hary259 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Dina241 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Guillaume222 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Francesca213 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Ikala204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Dianne:jery194 km/h
- Cat. 1Cyclone Kesiny130 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Cyprien102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth