Cyclone Dineo at peak intensity hours before making landfall on Mozambique
Meteorological history
Formed
12 February 2017
Dissipated
17 February 2017
Tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (MFR)
Highest winds
140 km/h (85 mph)
Highest gusts
195 km/h (120 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 hPa (mbar); 28.20 inHg
Category 2-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
155 km/h (100 mph)
Lowest pressure
959 hPa (mbar); 28.32 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
280
Damage
$217 million (2017 USD)
Areas affected
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa
IBTrACS / [1]
Part of the 2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Tropical Cyclone Dineo was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones on record in the South-West Indian Ocean and Southern Hemisphere as a whole.[2] It was the first tropical cyclone to hit Mozambique since Cyclone Jokwe in 2008.
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^"Tropical Cyclone Idai's Death Toll in Mozambique May Exceed 1,000 by Dr. Jeff Masters | Category 6". Weather Underground. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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