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Cyclone Dumazile

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 2, 2023 by Wehwalt (talk) 02:16, 2 February 2023 (UTC)



Cyclone Dumazile was a strong South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone that affected Madagascar and Réunion in early March 2018. Dumazile originated from a low-pressure area that formed near Agaléga on 27 February. It then became a tropical disturbance on 2 March, and was named the next day after attaining tropical storm status. As conditions were favorable for intensification, Dumazile strengthened further and reached its peak intensity on 5 March, with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph), and a central atmospheric pressure of 945 hPa (27.91 inHg). As it tracked southeastwards, Dumazile weakened steadily over the next couple of days due to wind shear, and became a post-tropical cyclone on 7 March before completely dissipating on 10 March. Dumazile dropped torrential rainfall in Réunion and Madagascar – reaching 1,600 mm (63 in) in Salazie and 210 mm (8.3 in) in northeastern Madagascar – causing widespread flooding and damaging crops and infrastructure. Despite the flooding, only two deaths were caused by Dumazile, both in Madagascar.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Tropical Storm Zelda (1991) ran on 2 December 2022.
 * Main editors: was the FAC nominator, creator and main editor of the article.
 * Promoted: 21 October 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: 5th anniversary of its formation on 2 March 2023.
 * Support as nominator. Vida0007 (talk) 11:47, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support as the author and FAC nominator. I believe this date would be good for the storm since it didn't have a singular impact location. Noah Talk 15:22, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Very interesting. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:08, 28 January 2023 (UTC)