Cyclone Evan just off the western coast of Fiji on December 17
Meteorological history
Formed
December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)
Extratropical
December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)
Dissipated
December 27, 2012 (2012-12-27)
Category 4 severe tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (FMS)
Highest winds
185 km/h (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
943 hPa (mbar); 27.85 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
230 km/h (145 mph)
Lowest pressure
929 hPa (mbar); 27.43 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
14 confirmed
Damage
$313 million (2012 USD)
Areas affected
Samoa, American Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand
IBTrACS
Part of the 2012–13 South Pacific cyclone season
Severe Tropical Cyclone Evan was considered to be the worst tropical cyclone to affect the island nation of Samoa since Cyclone Val in 1991 and was the strongest storm to impact the main South Pacific islands until Winston in 2016. The system was first noted on December 9, 2012, as a weak tropical depression about 700 km (435 mi) to the northeast of Suva, Fiji. Over the next couple of days, the depression gradually developed further before it was named Evan on December 12, as it had fully developed into a tropical cyclone. During that day the system moved toward the Samoan Islands and gradually intensified, before the system slowed and severely affected the Samoan Islands during the next day with wind gusts of up to 210 km/h (130 mph).
The storm moved east and impacted the French islands of Wallis and Futuna before affecting Samoa and American Samoa. On December 16, Evan turned to the south and paralleled western areas of Fiji.[1]
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