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Tropical cyclone activity
Three tropical cyclones existed in the
West Pacific during December. Typhoon Durian (Reming) was the deadliest and strongest of the three, killing over 800 people, in the
Philippines and
Vietnam and peaking at Category 4 strength. Typhoon Utor lasted formed on
December 7 and lasted for 7 days, passing over the Philippines and causing severe floods in
Malaysia. The final storm of the year, Tropical Storm Trami, lasted for three days and did not affect land.
The
Southern Hemisphere saw a number of storms develop during December. The most significant was Cyclone Bondo, which hit
Madagascar on
December 23. Cyclone Anita dissipated early in the month, having formed in November and Cyclone Clovis developed on
December 30 before reaching its peak in January. All of these storms were in the Southwest Indian Ocean, the only other cyclone was Cyclone Isobel that formed on
December 31 to the north of
Western Australia.
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Did you know: This is rotated as new articles are created and contains an interesting fact from a few of the new articles.
Active tropical cyclones: The currently active tropical cyclones are listed here, and are linked to appropriately.
Tropical cyclone news: Recent events in Tropical cyclone activity, such as formation, landfalls and dissipation of storms.
Anniversaries: This significant anniversaries for each day in the last week. Unlike the others it refreshes automatically, but should be updated if a new significant event occurs.
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