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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Eline:leone (2000)
1 February 2000 · South Indian Ocean · Category 4
Cyclone Eline:leone formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 1 February 2000 and lasted 28 days. Its sustained winds reached 213 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 930 hPa. It made landfall in Mozambique, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.
- Formed
- 1 February 2000
- Dissipated
- 29 February 2000
- Duration
- 28 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 213 km/h (115 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 930 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 3Mozambique191 km/h
- Cat. 2Madagascar167 km/h
- TSZimbabwe102 km/h
- TSBotswana0 km/h
- TSNamibia0 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone John241 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Paul241 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Hudah232 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Rosita232 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Connie222 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Norman222 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth