Severe Tropical Cyclone Zoe was the second-most intense tropical cyclone on record within the Southern Hemisphere and was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2002. The system was first noted o
Cyclone Zoe near peak intensity on December 27
Cyclone Zoe near Vanuatu on December 29
Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston was a powerful, long-lived, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that became the most intense in the Southern Hemisphere on record, as well as the strongest to mak
Cyclone Zoe
…mph) and a minimum pressure of 890 hPa (26.28 inHg). Zoe was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere until a 2017 reanalysis of Cyclone Winston estimated a minimum pressure of 884 hPa (26.10 inHg), surpassing Zoe. The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that the system had peaked…
Cyclone Winston at record peak intensity on 20 February, just before making landfall in Fiji
Winston east of Queensland, with subtropical characteristics on 27 February
A home largely destroyed by the storm in Tailevu Province
Large swells in Gold Coast, Queensland injured multiple people and prompted the closure of beaches