1997 tropical cyclone impacting Fiji and the South Pacific region
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gavin
Cyclone Gavin near its peak intensity on March 8
Meteorological history
Formed
March 2, 1997
Extratropical
March 10, 1997
Dissipated
March 14, 1997
Category 4 severe tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (FMS)
Highest winds
185 km/h (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 hPa (mbar); 27.32 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
220 km/h (140 mph)
Overall effects
Fatalities
18
Damage
$24.93 million (1997 USD)
Areas affected
Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, New Zealand
IBTrACS
Part of the 1996–97 South Pacific cyclone season
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gavin was the most intense tropical cyclone to affect Fiji, since Cyclone Oscar of the 1982–83 cyclone season and was the first of three tropical cyclones to affect the island nations of Tuvalu and Wallis and Futuna during the 1996–97 season. The system that was to become Gavin was first identified during March 2, as a weak tropical depression that had developed within the monsoon trough of low pressure. Over the next two days the depression gradually developed further, before it was named Gavin by RSMC Nadi early on March 4 as it had developed into a tropical cyclone.
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