This article is about the 2014 cyclone. For other similarly named storms, see List of storms named Helen.
Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Hellen
Cyclone Hellen rapidly intensifying on March 30 over the Mozambique Channel
Meteorological history
Formed
March 27, 2014
Remnant low
April 1, 2014
Dissipated
April 5, 2014
Very intense tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (MF)
Highest winds
230 km/h (145 mph)
Highest gusts
325 km/h (200 mph)
Lowest pressure
915 hPa (mbar); 27.02 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
240 km/h (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
926 hPa (mbar); 27.34 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
8
Missing
9
Damage
Unknown
Areas affected
Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Madagascar
IBTrACS / [1]
Part of the 2013–14 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Hellen of March 2014 was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in the Mozambique Channel on record, as well as the most intense of the 2013–14 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Hellen formed on March 26 in the northern portion of the channel, and the storm brought rainfall to coastal Mozambique while in its formative stages. While moving southeastward, it developed an organized area of convection over the center of circulation. Warm waters allowed Hellen to rapidly intensify while passing south of the Comoros, with a well-defined eye forming in the middle of the thunderstorms. The cyclone attained peak intensity March 30, with maximum sustained winds estimated 230 km/h (145 mph) according to the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center, Météo-France in La Réunion. Subsequently, Hellen weakened quickly due to dry air and land interaction with Madagascar, and the storm's eye dissipated. On March 31, the storm made landfall in northwestern Madagascar as a weakened cyclone, despite previous forecasts for the center to remain over water. By April 1, Hellen was no longer a tropical cyclone after most of the convection dissipated. The remnants turned to the west, moving over Mozambique without redeveloping, later dissipating on April 5.
Early in its existence, Hellen's rainfall in Mozambique destroyed hundreds of houses and a bridge. Flooding killed four people in the country, three of whom due to a home collapsing. Later, the cyclone passed south of the Comoros islands, causing flooding due to high storm surge and waves that killed one person. The storm forced 8,956 people to evacuate their homes due to the threat for landslides, while 901 houses were damaged or destroyed. On nearby Mayotte, high rainfall flooded rivers, sweeping one car away. In northwestern Madagascar, Hellen damaged or destroyed 611 houses, leaving 1,736 people homeless. The storm killed three people after capsizing a boat.
^"HELLEN : 2014-03-26 TO 2014-04-05". Météo-France La Réunion. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
Very Intense Tropical CycloneHellen of March 2014 was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in the Mozambique Channel on record, as well as the...
northeastern Mozambique. March 26, 2014 - Heavy rainfall from developing CycloneHellen over northeastern Mozambique killed four people. The remnants of the...
least 100 people Cyclone Funso (2012) – looped off the coast of Mozambique for several days in 2012, causing severe flooding CycloneHellen (2014) – underwent...
year, a further 15 tropical cyclones developed or moved into the south-west Indian Ocean. Among these were CycloneHellen, which in April became one of...
commonly cause notable impacts over large areas, and most popular tropical cyclone scales are organized around sustained wind speeds. However, variations...
a list of tropical cyclones by year. Since the year 957, there have been at least 12,791 recorded tropical or subtropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Pacific...
Tropical cyclones are named for historical reasons and so as to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist...
The name Helen or Hellen has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: sixteen in the Western Pacific Ocean (five regionally in the Philippines...
30 hours CycloneHellen – intensified explosively in the Mozambique Channel in March 2014 at a rate Metéo-France referred to as 'astounding' Cyclone Ita –...
aircraft. Tropical cyclones portal Cyclone Inigo - struck Indonesia in 2003 in its formative stages CycloneHellen - another cyclone which intensified...
March, 8 systems formed, of which 5 were named. CycloneHellen was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in the Mozambique Channel on record, as well...
Tropical Cyclone Gafilo was both the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the South-West Indian Ocean and the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide...
Butel, Emma Matthews, Genevieve Lemon, Rowan Witt, Virginia Gay, Tim Draxl, Hellen Dallimore, Bobby Fox, Seann Miley Moore, Trevor Ashley, Marika Aubrey, Blake...
Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 2013 Hellen, Nicholas; Boswell, Josh (28 December 2014). "Dyson bags a bigger estate...
in Australia and the western United States, as well as extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America. A United Nations progress...
cultures and religions. The Byzantines considered themselves champions of Hellenism and Christianity. Meanwhile, the Sasanians thought themselves heroes of...
com (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-17. "L'oeil du Cyclone - Album review - Music News 2015 by Hellen Page" (in French). Retrieved 2015-01-01. "Review of...
Retrieved 2 May 2018. "Prefontaine Classic 2016: With Genzebe Dibaba out, Hellen Obiri takes control in women's 5,000 meters". The Oregonian. 27 May 2016...
Global Information
