title: 1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
text: # 1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
  
  The 1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a busy cyclone season, lasting from December to April.
  
  ## Systems
  
  ### Tropical Storm Ada
  
  Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.
  
  ### Tropical Storm Gina
  
  The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.
  
  ### Tropical Storm Isabel
  
  Existed southeast of Madagascar.
  
  ### Cyclone Jenny
  
  On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of 235 km/h (146 mph). On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached 250 km/h (160 mph). Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.
  
  ### Tropical Storm Kate
  
  Struck eastern Madagascar.
  
  ### Tropical Storm Lucy
  
  Passed near St. Brandon.
  
  ### Cyclone Maud
  
  Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.
  
  ### Other storms
  
  A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 19–21. At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°. On January 22, a system named Emily existed briefly west of that general region.
  
  