1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Introduction The '''1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season''' was a busy cyclone season, lasting from December to April.
Systems ===Tropical Storm Ada===Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.===Cyclone Beryl======Cyclone Chantal======Cyclone Daisy======Tropical Storm Flora======Tropical Storm Gina===The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.===Tropical Depression Helene======Tropical Storm Isabel===Existed southeast of Madagascar.===Cyclone Jenny===On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of . On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached . Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.===Tropical Storm Kate===Struck eastern Madagascar.===Tropical Storm Lucy===Passed near St. Brandon.===Cyclone Maud===Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.===Other storms===A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 19–21.At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°. On January 22, a system named ''Emily'' existed briefly west of that general region.
See also * Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1961, 1962* Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1961, 1962* Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1961, 1962* North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1961, 1962
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