Cyclone Dumazile

Chimphepo chikuru cha Dumazile chikaŵa chimphepo chikuru icho chikachitiska kututuka kwa maji mu charu cha Madagascar na Réunion mu Malichi 2018. Dumazile wakafuma ku malo gha low pressure agho ghakaŵa kumwera kwa nyanja ya Indian Ocean kufupi na Agaléga pa February 27. Chimphepo ichi chikamba kuzgoka chimphepo chikuru pa Malichi 2 ndipo chikapika zina zuŵa lakulondezgapo. Pakati pa vinthu vyakukhozga, Dumazile wakakhwima mu mazuŵa ghaŵiri ghakulondezgapo ndipo wakafika pachanya pa Malichi 5 nga ni chimphepo cha tropical cyclone, na mphepo ya maminiti 10 ya 165 km/h (105 mph), mphepo ya maminiti 1 ya 205 km/h (125 mph), na pressure ya 945 hPa (27.91 inHg). Mu mazuŵa ghacoko waka ghakulondezgapo, cimphepo ici cikamba kucepa comene cifukwa ca mphepo iyo yikaputa kufuma kumwera ca kumafumiro gha dazi. Dumazile wakazgoka post-tropical pa 7 March ndipo pa 10 March wakasama kufupi na Kerguelen Islands.

Cigumula ca Dumazile cikakhwaska msumba wa Réunion myezi yiŵiri yayi pamanyuma pa Cigumula ca Berguitta. Ku Salazie, kukawa vula zinandi chomene. Maji ghakututuka, kututuka kwa charu, na makuni ghakupwetekeka vikapweteka comene misewu ya ku Réunion, comenecomene mu malo gha mumphepete mwa nyanja na mu mapiri. Ntchito yakunozga msewu pakati pa Îlet Furçy na Cilaos yikadumulika comene. Mafunde ghakuru agho ghakaŵa mumphepete mwa nyanja ghakachitiska kuti malo gha pa nyanja ghasweke. Maboti ghanyake ghakanangika na majigha, ndipo doko la Saint-Gilles likazura na viswaswa. Chigaŵa cha ulimi chikapwetekeka ndalama zakukwana 3 miliyoni (US$3.73 miliyoni; yakuyana na $4.03 miliyoni mu 2021) chifukwa cha kututuka kwa maji na mphepo. Nyengo yikati yajumphapo, mu mwezi wa Epulero, chimphepo cha Fakir chikapangiska kuti malo gha Réunion ghaleke kwenda makora.