southward on April 4 due to a trough, by which time it had intensified into a tropical storm. After developing a wide eye, Hansella intensified to tropical cyclone status on April 6 and moved over Rodrigues. Gusts on the island reached , which caused heavy damage to crops and houses. Hansella dropped of rainfall on Rodrigues in a 24‑hour period, greater than the island's monthly average total. According to the MFR, Hansella failed to intensify beyond 10‑minute winds of 120 km/h (75 mph), although the JTWC estimated peak 1‑minute winds of 175 km/h (110 mph). The cyclone looped to the west after passing over Rodrigues, influenced by a building ridge to the south. Due to upwelling after moving slowly over the same waters, Hansella weakened quickly and passed about south of Rodrigues as a minimal tropical storm. On April 9, the storm passed just south of Mauritius, and the next day spawned a large area of convection over Réunion, dropping heavy rainfall. On April 10, Hansella dissipated just northwest of Réunion. Intense Tropical Cyclone Itelle A low-pressure area persisted east-southeast of Diego Garcia on April 6, developing into a tropical disturbance that day. With a ridge to the south, the system moved generally westward, slowly intensifying. Convection gradually increased, and the system intensified into Tropical Storm Itelle on April 9. An eye developed the next day, signaling that the storm had strengthened into a tropical cyclone as it turned more to the west-southwest. Developing a large wide eye, Itelle intensified further, and the MFR estimated peak 10‑minute winds of 175 km/h (110 mph) on April 12. This made it an unusual April intense tropical cyclone. On April 14, the JTWC estimated peak 1‑minute winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), equivalent to a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. That day, increasing wind shear weakened Itelle, and the cyclone was downgraded to severe tropical storm status by April 15 when it passed about south of St. Brandon. Wind gusts on the island reached . Itelle slowed on April 16 while passing about north of Réunion, which was followed by increased shear and weakening. On April 19, Itelle dissipated about east of the eastern Madagascar coastline. Moderate Tropical Storm Jenna In early May, a westerly wind burst associated with the Madden–Julian oscillation produced disturbances on both sides of the equator in the eastern Indian Ocean. The BoM estimated that a