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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Marcus (2018)
14 March 2018 · South Indian Ocean · Category 5
Cyclone Marcus formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 14 March 2018 and lasted 11 days. Its sustained winds reached 278 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 906 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 14 March 2018
- Dissipated
- 25 March 2018
- Duration
- 11 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 278 km/h (150 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 906 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Australia120 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone Cebile213 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Dumazile204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Berguitta194 km/h
- Cat. 1Cyclone Kelvin148 km/h
- TSCyclone Cempaka111 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth