Tropical Cyclone Irina (14S), located approximately 90 nm east-southeast of Maputo, Mozambique, has tracked southwestward at 06 knots over the past six hours. Maximum significant wave height is 18 feet. Animated infrared satellite imagery shows that TC 14S is regenerating deep convection and turning back into the Mozambique Channel. Despite ...

290300Z POSITION NEAR 16.3S 43.3E. TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S,(IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 270 NM NORTHWEST OF ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 01 KNOT OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS TC 14S IS OVERC...

Tropical cyclone 14S (Irina) is active in the Mozambique Channel…located approximately 270 NM northwest of Antananarivo, Madagascar (Strengthening tropical storm…35 knot sustained winds) PDC Global Hazards Atlas displaying 3 hour precipitation ...

At 592,800 square kilometres (228,900 sq mi), Madagascar is the world’s 47th largest country and the fourth largest island. Along the length of the eastern coast runs a narrow and steep escarpment containing much of the island’s remaining tropical rain forest. To the west of this ridge lies a plateau ...

Evidence of severe flooding in Madagascar, in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Giovanna, was a sediment plume at the mouth of the Onibe River.

Cyclone Giovanna pushed into Madagascar as a 120 mph storm killing at least 15 people and leaving thousands homeless.

Image: NOAA18 (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on image for larger view.)There is currently a discrepancy as to the future track of Cyclone Giovanna over the Mozambque Channel. The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre report (12 & 15Z on Tuesday 14 February 2012...

Tropical Cyclone Giovanna engulfs Madagascar, where it came ashore with a fury in mid-February 2012.

[AIM] Maputo - Cyclone Giovanna, as of Tuesday morning, was over central Madagascar, and heading in a south-westerly ...

Visible image from NASA's Terra satellite of Tropical Cyclone Giovanna approaching Madagascar, taken at 6:35 UTC Monday February 13, 2012 TC Giovanna crossed the east coast of Madagascar overnight with peak gusts estimated in excess of 200kmh with very heavy rain. The inland capital Antananarivo will be spared the worst...

[IRIN] Johannesburg - A category four tropical storm, Cyclone Giovanna, is expected to make landfall on 14 February ...

Typhoon 12s (Giovanna), located approximately 400 nm east of Antananarivo, Madagascar, had tracked west-southwestward at 14 knots over the past six hours. Animated infrared satellite imagery shows the system has re-intensified coincident with the emergence of a highly symmetrical 40-nm diameter eye. The microwave image shows the eye is enveloped ...

(Click on images for larger view.)121500Z POSITION NEAR 17.7S 56.0E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LA REUNION, HAD TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATEL...

120300Z POSITION NEAR 17.5S 57.5E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 260 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LA REUNION, HAD TRACKED WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD AT 05 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE SYSTEM...

By Evan Duffey, Meteorologist Feb 12, 2012; 10:21 AM ET Visible satellite of Giovanna Saturday morning from the Navy Marine Meteorology Division. For Madagascar, there can be no escaping the imminent threat of a large Tropical Cyclone. Tropical ...

NASA Sees Giovanna Reach Cyclone Strength, Threaten Madagascar(Click on image for larger view.)The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image at 06:00 UTC (1 a.m. EST) on February 10, 2012, as Tropical Cyclone Giovanna moved through...

Image: NOAA18  25 Januarie 2012  02h06 SAST (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Powerful, slow moving and dangerous Tropical Cyclone Funso (Category 4 Storm) has continued to lash central Mozambique with flooding, heavy rain and damaging winds and i...

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist Jan 25, 2012; 7:52 AM ET Powerful Tropical Cyclone Funso was captured in this satellite image from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center overnight Tuesday. Tropical Cyclone Funso remains extremely dangerous...

PRINT EMAIL Cyclone Funso over the Mozambique Channel JOHANNESBURG, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Two tropical storms in quick succession in Mozambique in recent days have left at least 25 dead, tens of thousands affected by flooding, and commun...

(Click on images for larger view.)232100Z POSITION NEAR 19.5S 39.3E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 08S (FUNSO), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 550 NM NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAD TRACKED SOUTHWARD AT 04 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE ...

230900Z POSITION NEAR 18.5S 39.4E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 08S, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 590 NM NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED SOUTHEASTWARD AT 03 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALS THAT TC 08S CONTINUES ...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist Jan 23, 2012; 10:00 AM ET Tropical Cyclone Funso, located over the Mozambique Channel off mid Mozambique, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center) Powerful, dangerous Tropical Cyclone Funso has...

Images: CIMSS (Click on images for larger view.)201800Z-211800ZJAN2012 AT 200600Z, TROPICAL CYCLONE 08S (FUNSO) WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.4S 38.6E, APPROXIMATELY 655 NM NORTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, AND HAD TRACKED WESTWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 06 HO...

By Evan Duffey, Meteorologist Jan 21, 2012; 10:57 AM ET Tropical Cyclone Funso in the Mozambique Channel Saturday, Jan 21, 2012. (Navy Research Lab Monterrey) A tropical cyclone in the Mozambique Channel will menace the southeastern coast of Afr...

Image: NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared look at the temperatures of the clouds in Tropical Cyclone Funso on Jan. 19, 2012, at 10:59 UTC (5:59 a.m. EST). The coldest cloud top temperatures and strongest thunderstorms appear in purple, and were...

Images: Latest satellite image of cyclone Funso. - Naval Research Lab  (Click on images for larger view.)

Two tropical cyclones are now active in the South Indian Ocean. The first cyclone is active in the Mozambique Channel and has been named Tropical Cyclone 08S (Funso) while Tropical Cyclone 07S (Ethel) is active to the east of Madagascar.Furth...