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Tropical Cyclone Fakir

Tropical cyclone (SWIO scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Cyclone Fakir nearing Réunion on April 23
Formed	April 20, 2018
Dissipated	April 25, 2018
(Remnant low after April 24)
Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 130 km/h (80 mph) 1-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph)
Lowest pressure	975 hPa (mbar); 28.79 inHg
Fatalities	2 total
Damage	$24.5 million (2018 USD)
Areas affected	Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius
Part of the 2017–18 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On April 20, 2018, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitor an area of low pressure over the Indian Ocean, for potential tropical cyclogenesis. The JTWC later issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) at 8:00 UTC on April 22. Météo-France designated the system as a tropical depression at 6:00 UTC the next day, following an increase in convection and the development of an inner core. The JTWC issued their first warning on the developing tropical cyclone just six hours later.

See also

• Tropical cyclones in 2018