 The system moved southeastward, before turning south-southeastward on April 22, while slowly strengthening.On the next day, the system intensified into Moderate Tropical Storm Lorna, making the 2018–19 season the most active cyclone season recorded in the South-West Indian Ocean in the satellite era, surpassing the previous record set by the 1993–94 season.Lorna resumed a southeasterly direction on April 24, while continuing to organise.