February 17, 1958 – A tropical cyclone impacted the Northern Cook Islands. [5] This was because the minister thought "that both sexes should bear the odium of the devastation caused by cyclones. January 29 – February 6, 1950 – A tropical cyclone developed in between the Northern and Southern Cook Islands and passed to the south of the Samoan Islands. February 24 - March 6, 1956 - A tropical cyclone Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. [5] Wragge used names drawn from the letters of the Greek alphabet, Greek and Roman mythology and female names, to describe weather systems over Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic. February 13 - 20, 1954 - A tropical cyclone impacted Samoa, Tuvalu and Southern Vanuatu. After causing severe damage and at least four casualties in Samoa, Tropical Cyclone Evan moved on to Fiji in mid-December 2012. Cyclone Harold has levelled buildings and caused dangerous flooding across Fiji’s largest island of Viti Levu, after pummelling Vanuatu as a category-five storm on Monday. March 13 - 17, 1956 - A tropical cyclone existed near Samoa. A powerful cyclone has hit Fiji overnight, killing at least two people and destroying dozens of homes in the Pacific island nation. March 4 - 9, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji. As a result of climate change, cyclone frequency has doubled in the last decade. December 28, 1959 – January 4, 1960 - Tropical Cyclone Brigette. April 6 - 9, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. March 24 - April 1, 1951 – A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands. This page was last edited on 21 February 2021, at 14:08. Severe Tropical Cyclone Eric was one of two tropical cyclones to affect the island nations of Vanuatu and Fiji within a week during January 1985. Tropical Depression TD04F, which is forecast to become a cyclone by Friday 17 January, was about 330km west of Rotuma in Fiji at 6pm on Thursday 16 January. January 29 - February 3, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji. March 6 – 13, 1950 – A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji. February 4 – 18, 1957 – A tropical cyclone moved erratically near Wallis and Futuna, before it turned southwards to the west of New Caledonia. March 28 – April 2, 1950 – A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji. January 27 - 30, 1954 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. January 22 – 27, 1950 – A possible tropical cyclone existed to the north of New Caledonia. Southern Cook Islands . January 4 - 13, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted French Polynesia. November 14 – 20, 1956 – A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu. December 19, 1951 - January 1, 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu. It's the second cyclone to hit Fiji in two months, after Cyclone Yasa in December Disaster authorities said a three-year-old boy is among those missing in floodwaters. December 22 – 24, 1956 – A tropical cyclone passed to the south of New Caledonia. *The Nadi - Tropical Cyclone Centre was officially designated by WMO in June 1995 as a Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC) with activity specialization in tropical cyclones tasked to provide "first-level" information in tropical cyclones (ie, basic information covering the tropical cyclones' present and forecast position, movement and intensity) in the South-West Pacific Ocean. March 11 - 14, 1954 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu. 10:44 pm on 16 January 2020. April 3 - 7, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. Tropical Cyclones affect nearly all Pacific Islands countries and are the most frequent hazard to affect Fiji with around 2 – 3 cyclones occurring every year. Ranadi Rauluna, a Fijian woman from one of the areas worst hit, told the ABC that she had lived through at least 15 cyclones but had never experienced one as powerful as Cyclone … [1] Within the South Pacific, names are assigned from a pre-determined list, to such systems, once they reach or exceed ten-minute sustained wind speeds of 65 km/h (40 mph), near the center, by either the Fiji Meteorological Service or New Zealand's MetService. The potential for Tropical Disturbance 04F to develop into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 to 48 hours is low to moderate, but it will become high thereafter. [5] These names were then collated, edited for suitability before being cross-checked with the group for acceptability. Director Fiji Meteorological Service, Mr. Misaele Funaki said that the prediction of 4 tropical cyclones to affect Fiji is an assumption based on current and predicted climatological drivers of tropical cyclones in our region. "[5] As a result, male names were added to the lists of names for both basins, ahead of the 1975–76 season. The cyclone season in Fiji runs from November to April and some cyclones do occur outside the season. February 23 – March 2, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Honorine. [1] Within the South Pacific, tropical cyclones have been officially named since the 1964–65 South Pacific cyclone season, though a few meteorological papers show that a few tropical cyclones were named before 1964–65. March 12 – 17, 1958 – A tropical cyclone developed to the north-west of Rotuma and passed to the west of Fiji, where it caused gales in the Yasawa Islands, but did not make landfall on Fiji. [5] After the new Australian government had failed to create a federal weather bureau and appoint him director, Wragge started naming cyclones after political figures. Fiji Flood Warning . Fiji Heavy Swells Warning . Suva, Tropical cyclone Ana, the first one to hit Fiji this year, has caused extensive damages to the South Pacific island nation. The deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired was Severe Tropical Cyclone Namu, which caused over 100 deaths, when it affected the Solomon Islands in May 1986. • January 22 – 27, 1950 – A possible tropical cyclone existed to the north of New Caledonia. January 2 – 3, 1959 – A tropical cyclone moved south – eastwards between the Southern Cook Islands of Aituaki and Rarotonga. March 6, 1957 – A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. 50 people lost their lives and billions of dollars of damage spread across several pacific nations such as Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and others. Fiji Heavy Rain Alerts/Warning . February 12 – 13, 1957 – A tropical cyclone existed to the west of Fiji and caused gales in the Yasawa Islands, but did not make landfall on Fiji. The official NaDraki weather service said the cyclone was offshore south of Fiji's main island Viti Levu, but passing closer to land than initially expected. March 3 - 12, 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E during the 1950s decade. Within the region the credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems, is generally given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named systems between 1887 and 1907. March 2 - 7, 1954 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia and New Zealand. People are helped to get to safety by local police Photo: Fiji NDMO The storm developed into a Category 2 storm after initially sweeping past the Yasawas as a Category 1 system. January 4 - 8, 1954 - A tropical cyclone moved south-southeastwards between Queensland and New Caledonia. January 2 - 3, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted Niue and the Southern Cook Islands. [9][10] The first tropical cyclone name to be removed in the South Pacific, was Rosie after it had impacted Vanuatu and New Caledonia during 1971. At least 42 people were killed in Fiji and four people remain missing, including a 10-month-old baby, after Tropical Cyclone Winston hit the South Pacific island nation of Fiji. -Fiji Meteorological Service RSMC - Tropical Cyclone Centre International Warnings (Green Color Means that No Warnings Exist) Special Weather Bulletins. Despite being spared a direct hit from Tropical Cyclone Harold, the island of Fiji suffered extensive damage from high winds, heavy rain and a battering storm surge at midweek. April 1 - 6, 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu. October 1958 – A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands. The 2015–2016 cyclone season was the deadliest on record. Fiji bore the brunt of that season, with Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston smashing into the Fiji … 1940s South Pacific cyclone seasons. While Cyclone Yasa proved terrifying for those in its path, there was a sense of relief in other parts of the country that the devastation wasn't as widespread as many had initially feared. Bebe affected the whole of the newly independent island nation of Fiji between October 22–25, where it became the worst tropical cyclone since 1952 to affect the islands. Ahead of the system threatening the Fijian Islands, the Nadi weather office issued hurricane warnings for most of the island nation including Rotuma. [5][7] During the 1963–64 cyclone season the Australian Bureau of Meteorology started to use female names for tropical cyclones that occurred within the Australian region, before the New Zealand Meteorological Service's Fiji office also started using female names for tropical cyclones within the South Pacific during the 1969–70 cyclone season. The precursor shallow depression developed within the monsoon trough during January 13, to the west of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. February 20 – March 1, 1950 – During February 25, a tropical cyclone moved westwards through the Lau Islands and between Fiji's main islands of. The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend. November 28 – December 6, 1958 – Tropical Cyclone Aurelia. A 30-day State of Natural Disaster was declared in Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Yasa hit the country on December 17. The Fiji Times is reporting that several houses in Rakiraki have been blown away by the cyclone. January 15 – 21, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Beatrice. Key points: At least 23,000 people took shelter in more than 300 evacuation centres overnight [6] This system of naming weather systems subsequently fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, until it was revived in the region, by the New Caledonia Meteorological Office during the 1958–59 cyclone season. Niue . 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On January 16, the storm developed-hurricane-force winds and Eric began to undergo rapid deepening. December 31, 1950 - January 4, 1951 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Samoan Islands. [5] As a result, there was a scattering of European names in the final naming lists, which have been used by the Fiji Meteorological Service and NZMS since the 1980–81 season. January 11 – 16, 1957 – A possible tropical cyclone developed near New Caledonia to the south of Fiji. Fiji has 15 cases of the coronavirus, with all known sufferers in quarantine before the cyclone hit. Tropical Depression 06F was located over Lau waters at 9am and is expected to move south in the next few days. Fiji and Rotuma(Fiji Warning) Special Marine Bulletin . Video / Ariela Zibiah April 22 - 25, 1954 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji. The most damaging system was Yasi which caused over US$2.5 billion in damage to Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Australia in January and February 2011. [9] Initially the names were only designed to be retired for ten years after which they might be reintroduced, however, it was decided at the 1969 Interdepartmental hurricane conference, that any significant hurricane in the future would have its name permanently retired. Fiji has a decent history of cyclones, with many causing widespread destruction and displacing thousands from their homes. [5], The practice of retiring significant names was started during 1955 by the United States Weather Bureau in the Northern Atlantic basin, after hurricanes Carol, Edna, and Hazel struck the Northeastern United States and caused a significant amount of damage in the previous year. [5] As a result of the many languages and cultures in the Pacific there was a lot of discussion surrounding this matter, with one name "Oni" being dropped as it meant the end of the world in one language. [5][7] During the International Women's Year of 1975 the NZMS decided to incorporate male names into the naming lists for the South Pacific, following a request from the Fiji National Council of Women who considered the practice discrimination. Ritika Pratap Deputy News Manager [email protected] | @RitikaFBCNews. December 25, 1955 - January 1, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. [5] It was intended that the four lists of names should be alphabetical with alternative male and female names while using only ethnic names, however, it was not possible to complete the lists using only ethnic names so some European names were added in. Northern Cook Islands . A three-month-old baby was one of two people killed when category-five Cyclone Yasa tore through Fiji’s second-largest island Vanua Levu on Thursday night. January 17 – 21, 1958 – A tropical cyclone impacted French Polynesia's Society and Austral Islands. The cyclone, a Category 2 storm, made landfall on the Pacific archipelago on Sunday with wind speeds of up to 140 kilometers an hour (87 miles per hour) and heavy rain. [5] One proposal suggested that cyclones be named from the country nearest to which they formed, however, this was dropped when it was realized that a cyclone might be less destructive in its formative stage than later in its development. February 4 – 9, 1957 – A tropical cyclone impacted Niue and the Samoan Islands. 1950s South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons, "Tropical Cyclones/Depressions that passed through Solomon Islands Region", Southwest Pacific Enhanced Archive for Tropical Cyclones (SPEArTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1950s_South_Pacific_cyclone_seasons&oldid=1008087147, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [1] Several names have been removed from the Pacific naming lists for various other reasons than causing a significant amount of death/destruction, which include being pronounced in a very similar way to other names and political reasons. February 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands. The most intense tropical cyclone to have its name retired was Winston, which had an estimated peak pressure of 884 hPa (26.1 inHg). March 7 – 14, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Ida. February 14 – 17, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle. December 4 – 9, 1957 – A tropical cyclone impacted Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna as well as Tonga. March 1 - 9, 1953 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. January 27 – 30, 1959 – A tropical cyclone impacted French Polynesia's Society and Austral Islands. January 13, 2020 5:34 pm . Banaba . February 11 – 16, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Eulalie. While two different … January 11 - 19, 1954 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga. December 1958 – A tropical cyclone impacted the Santa Cruz Islands of the Solomon Islands. Tropical cyclones are non-frontal, low-pressure systems that develop, within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft. By Sunday evening, as TC Ana slowly exited Fiji waters, two more cyclones had apparently formed, category 1 TC Bina approaching from the country’s northwest and TC Lucas in … Kiribati . December 20 – 31, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Amanda. January 21 - 24, 1956 – A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation has confirmed at least one death after a roof fell on a man. 0–9. April 7 – 10, 1958 – A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Rotuma. Cyclone Yasa Batters Fiji With Strong Winds and Heavy Rain. January 23 - 30, 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands and Fiji. January 21 – 28, 1956 – A tropical cyclone impacted Willis Island before moving erratically south-eastwards and southwards along 160°E towards Lord Howe Island. 1950s South Pacific cyclone seasons. February 16, 1958 - A tropical cyclone impacted Niue. At least two people have died after Cyclone Yasa made landfall in Fiji on Thursday night. January 1 – 9, 1958 – A tropical cyclone impacted Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna as well as Fiji. Fiji in path of cyclone expected to form overnight. Even with Tropical Cyclone still a few hours away, the winds and waves are picking up at a beach an hour out of Suva. Within the South Pacific, there have been a total of 103 tropical cyclone names retired, with the 1990s having the most retired tropical cyclone names. Fiji. Tropical Cyclone expected to affect Fiji later this week. [5] Eventually it was decided to throw names from all over the South Pacific into a pot at a training course, where each course member provided a list of names that were short, easily pronounced, culturally acceptable throughout the Pacific and did not contain any idiosyncrasies. January 24 – 28, 1959 – Tropical Cyclone Dorothee. November 8 – 17, 1957 – A tropical cyclone impacted Tuvalu and Fiji. A powerful cyclone has hit Fiji, killing at least two people and destroying dozens of homes in the Pacific island nation Photo: Fiji Meteorological Service. [2][3][4] The names of significant tropical cyclones that have caused a high amount of damage and/or caused a significant number of deaths are retired from the lists of tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization's RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee at their bi-annual meeting.[1]. 1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons. February 26 - March 7, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu and New Caledonia. February 16 - 19, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji, Tonga and Niue. February 22 – March 1, 1957 – A tropical cyclone passed near to the island of Futuna before it impacted Fiji. The other four were fishermen who had gone out earlier in the week as the storm developed, according to local media. Fiji and Rotuma . March 23 - April 6, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. [5] At around the same time the Australian Science Minister ordered that tropical cyclones, within the Australian region should carry both men's and women's names. March 6 - 10, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji. November 30, 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu. January 4 – 10, 1957 – A tropical cyclone developed over the Coral Sea during January 4, before it moved over New Caledonia during January 6. Tropical Cyclone alert in force for Fiji. March 1 - 6, 1953 - A tropical cyclone occurred to the east of Vanuatu. Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga: $5 million: 6: Keni: April 5 – 11, 2018: Category 3 severe tropical cyclone: 140 km/h (85 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga: $5 million: None: Pola: February 23 – March 2, 2019: Category 4 severe tropical cyclone: 165 km/h (105 mph) 950 hPa (28.05 inHg) Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga: Sarai January 2 - 13, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu and Fiji. [11][12], List of retired South Pacific tropical cyclone names, List of historical tropical cyclone names, New Zealand Meteorological Service's Fiji office, Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the South-East Indian Ocean and the Southern Pacific Ocean 2020, "Tropical Cyclone Impacts along the Australian east coast from November to April 1858–2000", Tropical cyclones in Vanuatu: 1847 to 1994, "Subject: Tropical Cyclone Names: B1) How are tropical cyclones named? A Tropical Cyclone alert is now in force for Fiji. January 22 - 27, 1952 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga. [5][8], Later that decade as the dual sex naming of tropical cyclones started in the Northern Hemisphere, the NZMS looked at adding ethnic Pacific names to the naming lists rather than the European names that were currently used. February 23 – 26, 1951 – A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands. Tropical Cyclone Harold weakened slightly overnight from a scale-topping Category Five to a Four, but was still lashing Fiji with winds of up to 240 kilometres per hour (150 miles per hour), forecasters said. Fiji cyclone kills at least 2, destroys dozens of homes. March 28 – April 1, 1957 – A tropical cyclone was located to the north of New Caledonia and moved south-eastwards between Vanuatu and the Loyalty Islands. March 12 - 17, 1956 - A tropical cyclone impacted Vanuatu. April 10 - 16, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. December 1953 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands. ", "Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in the southwest Pacific: November 1939 to May 1969", "Sex-Shift in Australia: A Cyclone Named 'Alan, "They Called the Wind Mahina: The History of Naming Cyclones", "Subject: B3) What storm names have been retired? January 1 – 5, 1956 – A tropical cyclone impacted Tonga, Niue and the Southern Cook Islands. January 25 - 29, 1955 - A tropical cyclone impacted the Solomon Islands, Fiji and southern Tonga. Tropical Cyclone Yasa has reached Category 5 level on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale as it approaches Fiji, with winds of up to 260 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour). Tropical Depression 10F (2004) 1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons. Harold claimed 27 lives in the Solomon Islands last … The island of Vanua Levu — the second largest in the Fiji archipelago — was particularly badly affected at the weekend. Yasa Batters Fiji with Strong winds and Eric began to undergo rapid deepening 20 – 31, 1959 tropical! 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