Cyclone Garance
Garance intensifying north of Réunion on 27 February | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 24 February 2025 |
| Extratropical | 2 March 2025 |
| Dissipated | 5 March 2025 |
| Intense tropical cyclone | |
| 10-minute sustained (MFR) | |
| Highest winds | 175 km/h (110 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 951 hPa (mbar); 28.08 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 195 km/h (120 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 953 hPa (mbar); 28.14 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Injuries | 6 |
| Damage | ≥$940 million (2025 USD)(Fifth-costliest tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean basin; costliest in Réunion history) |
| Areas affected |
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Part of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
Intense Tropical Cyclone Garance was a powerful tropical cyclone which impacted Réunion and Mauritius. The seventh named storm and fifth intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Garance originated from a tropical disturbance which was spotted on 24 February to the east of Madagascar.
At least five fatalities have been reported in connection to the cyclone. Garance caused $940 million (€825 million) in damages in Reunion.