2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season


The 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season is an upcoming event of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone and subtropical cyclone formation. It begins on 15 November 2024, and will end on 30 April 2025, with the exception for Mauritius and the Seychelles, for which it will end on 15 May 2025. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical and subtropical cyclones form in the basin, which is west of 90°E and south of the Equator. However, tropical cyclones can form year-round, and all tropical cyclones that will form between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 will be part of the season. Tropical and subtropical cyclones in this basin are monitored by the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre in Réunion and unofficially by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedSeason not started
Last system dissipatedSeason not started
Seasonal statistics
Total disturbances0
Total depressions0
Total storms0
Tropical cyclones0
Intense tropical cyclones0
Very intense tropical cyclones0
Total fatalities0
Total damage$0,000 (2025 USD)
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South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone seasons
2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26, 2026–27

Storm names

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Within the South-West Indian Ocean, tropical depressions and subtropical depressions that are judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph) by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center on Réunion island, France (RSMC La Réunion) are usually assigned a name. However, it is the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centers in Mauritius and Madagascar who name the systems. The Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Center (Mauritius Meteorological Services) in Mauritius names a storm if it intensifies into a moderate tropical storm between 55°E and 90°E. If instead a cyclone intensifies into a moderate tropical storm between 30°E and 55°E then the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Center (Meteo Madagascar) in Madagascar assigns the appropriate name to the storm. Storm names are taken from three pre-determined lists of names, which rotate on a triennial basis, with any names that have been used automatically removed. New names this season are: Ancha, Bheki, Chido, Dikeledi, Elvis, Faida, Garance, Honde, Ivone, Jude, Kanto and Lira. They replaced Ana, Batsirai, Cliff, Dumako, Emnati, Fezile, Gombe, Halima, Issa, Jasmine and Karim during the 2021–22 season, and also Letlama, which was not used (the reason for dropping it was not stated).[1]

  • Ancha (unused)
  • Bheki (unused)
  • Chido (unused)
  • Dikeledi (unused)
  • Elvis (unused)
  • Faida (unused)
  • Garance (unused)
  • Honde (unused)
  • Ivone (unused)
  • Jude (unused)
  • Kanto (unused)
  • Lira (unused)
  • Maipelo (unused)
  • Njazi (unused)
  • Oscar (unused)
  • Pamela (unused)
  • Quentin (unused)
  • Rajab (unused)
  • Savana (unused)
  • Themba (unused)
  • Uyapo (unused)
  • Viviane (unused)
  • Walter (unused)
  • Xangy (unused)
  • Yemurai (unused)
  • Zanele (unused)

Season effects

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This table lists all of the tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones that were monitored during the 2024–2025 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Information on their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, primarily comes from RSMC La Réunion. Death and damage reports come from either press reports or the relevant national disaster management agency while the damage totals are given in 2024 or 2025 USD.

Name Dates Peak intensity Areas affected Damage
(USD)
Deaths Refs
Category Wind speed Pressure


Season aggregates
0 systems Season Not Started– Season Ongoing 0 km/h (0 mph) 0 hPa (0 inHg) None None

See also

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References

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  1. ^ RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee (2023). Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the South-West Indian Ocean (PDF) (Report). World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-02.
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