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Cyclone Daman (RSMC Nadi designation 04F, JTWC designation 05P) was the second Severe Tropical Cyclone to form in the Southern Pacific Ocean during the 2007-08 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season. Daman was also the fourth Tropical Depression and the first Severe Tropical Cyclone to form west of longitude 160°E during the 2007-08 South Pacific cyclone season. Due to the severity of the storm, the name Daman was retired and replaced with Denia.

On December 3 the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in Nadi, Fiji, upgraded a tropical disturbance located to the west of the Solomon Islands, to Tropical Depression 04F. On December 5, as the depression moved towards the west moving into the Fijian Archipelago, both the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and RSMC Nadi simultaneously upgraded it to Cyclone Daman at the same time. On December 7 Daman reached its peak '10 minute maximum sustained wind speeds' of 105 knots, (120 mph, 195 km/h) which made Daman a Category four cyclone on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale'. Later that day Daman also reached its peak 1 minute maximum sustained wind speeds of 110 knots (125 mph, 205 km/h) which made it a 'Category 3 tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale'. Early on December 8, Daman brushed by the Fijian island of Cikobia, causing some damage to housing, crops and vegetation. Daman then weakened the next day into a tropical depression and then dissipated on December 10.

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