page_title: Cyclone Hudah
section_title: Preparations, impact, and aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Cyclone Hudah / Preparations, impact, and aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyclone Hudah reforming in the Mozambique Channel on April 7, 2000.
context_page_description: Cyclone Hudah was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that affected Southeast Africa in April 2000. It was the last in a series of three cyclones that impacted Madagascar during the year. Hudah first developed as a disturbance embedded within the monsoon trough on March 22, within the Australian region cyclone basin. Moving westward as the result of a strong subtropical ridge to its south, the storm quickly intensified, and reached Category 2 cyclone intensity on March 25 before entering the Southwest Indian cyclone basin. For various reasons that remain unknown, the cyclone was only designated a name by the time it had crossed into the area of responsibility of the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in Réunion. Nonetheless, Météo-France assigned the name Hudah to the cyclone. An eye formed, and the storm intensified into a tropical cyclone on March 27 well to the southeast of Diego Garcia. On April 1, the MFR upgraded it to a very intense tropical cyclone, estimating peak 10 minute winds of 225 km/h. By contrast, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimated 1 minute winds of 235 km/h.
caption: Cyclone Hudah reintensifying in the Mozambique Channel on April 7
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