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Severe Tropical Cyclone Cook
Cook at its peak intensity on 10 April
Meteorological history
Formed
5 April 2017
Extratropical
11 April 2017
Dissipated
17 April 2017
Category 3 severe tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (FMS)
Highest winds
155 km/h (100 mph)
Lowest pressure
961 hPa (mbar); 28.38 inHg
Category 2-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
165 km/h (105 mph)
Lowest pressure
951 hPa (mbar); 28.08 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
1
Damage
$33 million (2017 USD)
Areas affected
Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand
IBTrACS
Part of the 2016–17 South Pacific cyclone season
Severe Tropical Cyclone Cook was the second named tropical cyclone of the 2016–17 South Pacific cyclone season.
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