Over the weekend, tropical cyclone Eloise made headway across the coast of Mozambique, causing high winds, heavy rains and severe flooding. (IOM, 26 Jan 2021). Tropical cyclones are compact, circular storms, generally some 320 km (200 miles) in diameter, whose winds swirl around a central region of low atmospheric pressure. Size of tropical cyclone-On average they are smaller than a temperate cyclone.Their diameter ranges between 500 600 km. padding: 0 !important; Required fields are marked *, UNESCO But they leave death, misery and destruction in their wake. Cyclone Ingrid - NASA A video showing the results of CYCLONE ELOISE in Lydenberg (South Africa) as many saidPart 1 pic.twitter.com/bBHfp0Tmgf. Every year during the late summer months (JulySeptember in the Northern Hemisphere and JanuaryMarch in the Southern Hemisphere), cyclones strike regions as far apart as the Gulf Coast of North America, northwestern Australia, and eastern India and Bangladesh. /*background-color: #9ac7ee;*/ [CDATA[ */ Size of tropical cyclone-On average they are smaller than a temperate cyclone.Their diameter ranges between 500 600 km. #footer-widgets .widget a, #footer-widgets .widget a:visited { } The cyclone hit Mozambique over the weekend, leaving several dead and causing extensive damage to property. .metaslider .caption { Photo: Gauteng Weather Facebook. Story by Kasha Patel. It has a low pressure centre and clouds spiraling towards the eyewall surrounding the "eye", the central part of the system where the weather is normally calm and free of clouds. Disaster management teams in KZN were on standby as Jozini and surrounding settlements braced for flooding on Sunday. NWS JetStream - Introduction to Tropical Cyclones .so-mobilenav-mobile + * { display: none; } color: #f5853b; color: #8f8f8f; Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The storm displaced more than 16,000 people, damaged around 17,000 houses, and killed more than a dozen people across a few countries in southeast Africa. #secondary .widget .widget-title, #footer-widgets .widget .widget-title, #masthead-widgets .widget .widget-title { Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Address: Regus Business Centre Image of the Day 5. var _EPYT_ = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/www.fondation-fhb.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","security":"58ef36594c","gallery_scrolloffset":"20","eppathtoscripts":"https:\/\/www.fondation-fhb.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/scripts\/","eppath":"https:\/\/www.fondation-fhb.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/","epresponsiveselector":"[\"iframe.__youtube_prefs_widget__\"]","epdovol":"1","version":"13.4.2","evselector":"iframe.__youtube_prefs__[src], iframe[src*=\"youtube.com\/embed\/\"], iframe[src*=\"youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\"]","ajax_compat":"","ytapi_load":"light","pause_others":"","stopMobileBuffer":"1","vi_active":"","vi_js_posttypes":[]};
