 Tropical Cyclone Haruna was a deadly storm that produced widespread flooding and a disease outbreak in southwestern Madagascar . The ninth system of the season , Haruna developed in the Mozambique channel in the middle of February 2013 between Mozambique and southwestern Madagascar . Initially moving northward over Mozambique , the disturbance later moved slowly southward , gradually strengthening into the eighth named storm of the season and later into an intense tropical cyclone . The Météo @-@ France office in Réunion ( MFR ) – the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in the basin – estimated the cyclone attained peak 10 minute sustained winds of 150 km / h ( 90 mph ) . Haruna made landfall near Morombe in southwestern Madagascar on February 22 . It weakened significantly while crossing the country , and MFR discontinued advisories on February 24 after the storm had emerged into the Indian Ocean . 
