Cyclone Felleng

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After the Madden–Julian oscillation left its suppressive phase in the South-West Indian Ocean, a low-pressure area embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone was noted by Météo-France La Réunion (MFR) on 24 January.{{Cite report|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/francais/archives/publications/data/cSaisoncyclonique20122013.pdf|title=Saison Cyclonique Sud-Ouest de l'océan Indien 2012 - 2013|last1=Bientz|first1=Catherine|last2=Boudart|first2=Géraldine|date=November 2014|publisher=Météo-France La Réunion|language=fr, en|issn=2119-6818|last3=Dupont|first3=Thierry|last4=Langlade|first4=Sébastien|last5=Quetelard|first5=Hubert|access-date=13 August 2021|trans-title=Cyclone Season South-West Indian Ocean 2012 - 2013}} Convection was mainly active in the northeast portion of the system, with winds reaching {{convert|25|kn|kph mph|round=5|abbr=on|order=out}} in some places.{{Cite web|date=24 January 2013|title=Bulletin for Cyclone Activity and Significant Tropical Weather in the Southwest Indian Ocean 2013/01/24 at 12:00 UTC|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/zcit/20122013/ZCITA_201301241021.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813111105/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/zcit/20122013/ZCITA_201301241021.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-13 }} The system's low-level circulation was poorly defined by 25 January,{{Cite web|date=25 January 2013|title=Bulletin for Cyclone Activity and Significant Tropical Weather in the Southwest Indian Ocean 2013/01/25 at 12:00 UTC|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/zcit/20122013/ZCITA_201301251209.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813111102/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/zcit/20122013/ZCITA_201301251209.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-13 }} with the system as a whole being negatively affected by wind shear. At 18:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), MFR upgraded the system to Tropical Disturbance 7,{{Cite web|title=Felleng: 25 January 2013 TO 2013-02-05|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/saisons_archivees/20122013/2012RE07.html|url-status=live|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813111102/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/saisons_archivees/20122013/2012RE07.html |archive-date=2021-08-13 }} with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) upgrading it to a tropical depression at the same time, assigning it the designation 13S.{{Cite web|title=2013 Southern Hemisphere Best Track Data|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/best-tracks/2013/2013s-bsh/bsh2013.zip|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Joint Typhoon Warning Center}} A small central dense overcast formed{{Cite web|date=26 January 2013|title=Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Indian Ocean from 260300Z-261800Z January 2013|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abio10.pgtw..txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203025105/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abio10.pgtw..txt|archive-date=3 December 2013|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Joint Typhoon Warning Center}} as gale-force winds appeared in system's western half,{{Cite web|date=25 January 2013|title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast Warning 1 for Tropical Depression 7|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301260600_1_7_20122013.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813111104/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301260600_1_7_20122013.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-13 }} and on 26 January at 06:00 UTC, MFR upgraded Tropical Disturbance 7 to a tropical depression. Weakening wind shear allowed convection to further organize;{{Cite web|date=26 January 2013|title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast Warning 2 for Tropical Depression 7|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301261200_2_7_20122013.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822140030/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301261200_2_7_20122013.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-22 }} however, it decayed later in the day, partially exposing the system's low-level circulation. By 12:00 UTC, the JTWC upgraded 7 to a tropical storm. The system's structure improved from its previous sheared pattern, and by 28 January, the MFR upgraded the system to a moderate tropical storm, assigning it the name Felleng.

Felleng improved over the next few hours, consolidating its low-level circulation{{Cite web|date=28 January 2013|title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast Warning 9 for Moderate Tropical Storm 7 (Felleng)|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301280600_FELLENG.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822140030/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301280600_FELLENG.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-22 }} as its wind field became more symmetrical.{{Cite web|date=28 January 2013|title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast Warning 10 for Moderate Tropical Storm 7 (Felleng)|url=http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301281200_FELLENG.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Météo-France La Réunion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822140034/http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/bulletins/cmrs/20122013/CMRSA_201301281200_FELLENG.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-22 }} Steadily intensifying, it reached Intense Tropical Cyclone strength on 30 January while developing a well-defined eye, with a deep, intense ring of convective banding forming in the eyewall.{{cite web |url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO30-FMEE_201301300649.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130130081646/http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO30-FMEE_201301300649.htm |title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast Warning 17 |archivedate=30 January 2013 |access-date=2 February 2013 |publisher=RSMC La Réunion |url-status=dead }} On 31 January the eye became less well defined, and started to collapse.{{Cite web|title=WebCite query result|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO30-FMEE_201301301239.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240522004546/https://www.webcitation.org/6E5IPA5zn?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO30-FMEE_201301301239.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2024-05-22|access-date=13 August 2021|website=www.webcitation.org}} On 1 February the system started to become elongated, and weakened into a severe tropical storm as it began its extratropical transition.{{Cite web|title=WebCite query result|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO30-FMEE_201302020044.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240522004624/https://www.webcitation.org/6E7wIUYNc?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO30-FMEE_201302020044.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2024-05-22|access-date=13 August 2021|website=www.webcitation.org}} By 3 February, Felleng became fully extratropical, with the low level circulation center becoming totally exposed and elongated, under vertical wind shear, located to the west of the remnant convection.{{Cite web|title=WebCite query result|url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO22-FMEE_201302031216.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240522004704/https://www.webcitation.org/6EAwtZTlK?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTIO22-FMEE_201302031216.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2024-05-22|access-date=13 August 2021|website=www.webcitation.org}}

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Cyclone Felleng devastated the islands of Mahe, Praslin, and La Digue as a depression, many types of buildings were damaged and many farms were wiped out. Around 1,000 families were affected by floods and landslides, 246 of them were registered as displaced after their homes were damaged or destroyed.{{Cite web|title=Tropical Cyclone Felleng - Jan 2013|url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2013-000012-syc|access-date=13 August 2021|website=ReliefWeb|date=13 March 2015 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Seychelles: Damage, Loss and Needs Assessment {{!}} GFDRR|url=https://www.gfdrr.org/en/publication/seychelles-damage-loss-and-needs-assessment|access-date=13 August 2021|website=www.gfdrr.org}}https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/689161468106741988/pdf/788140WP0Box370A0June0201300PUBLIC0.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} Damages from Felleng reached US$8.4 million in the country.{{Cite web|date=5 March 2015|title=Stories of Impact: Weathering Future Storms in Seychelles|url=https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/gfdrr/files/publication/Seychelles.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321053137/https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/gfdrr/files/publication/Seychelles.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2015|access-date=16 August 2021|website=Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery|page=2}}

Cyclone Felleng brought heavy rain to Madagascar, due to which floodwaters rose rapidly in the capital Antananarivo, flooding many low-lying homes, as well as several hundred hectares of rice fields. Government authorities confirmed at least 800 people have been affected by the floods in the capital.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130202/six-killed-three-missing-madagascar-cyclone|title=Six killed, three missing in Madagascar cyclone|work=GlobalPost|access-date=19 November 2015}}[http://www.lexpress.mu/article/madagascar-%E2%80%93-felleng-fait-six-morts-et-trois-disparus Madagascar – Felleng fait six morts et trois disparus (Lexpress.mu)] Across the island, 9 people were killed and 1,303 were left homeless. A total of 162 homes were destroyed while another 1,803 were damaged by floodwaters, most of which were in Vatovavy-Fitovinany.{{cite web|author=Vonjy Radasimalala|publisher=L'Express de Madagascar|date=5 February 2013|access-date=14 February 2013|title=Cyclone Felleng: Neuf décès et des milliers de sinistrés|url=http://www.lexpressmada.com/5442/cyclone-felleng-madagascar/40696-neuf-deces-et-des-milliers-de-sinistres.html|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029220819/http://www.lexpressmada.com/5442/cyclone-felleng-madagascar/40696-neuf-deces-et-des-milliers-de-sinistres.html|archive-date=29 October 2014|url-status=dead}}

Cyclone Felleng's heavy rain and strong winds caused damage in Réunion Island, where 11,200 homes were left without power.{{cite web|publisher=La P'tite Gazette de La Réunion|date=2 February 2013|access-date=14 February 2013|title=Cyclone Felleng : Bilan, situation, photos et vidéos cycloniques !|url=http://www.la-ptite-gazette.com/2013/02/cyclone-felleng-bilan-situation-photos-et-videos-cycloniques/|language=fr|archive-date=4 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204202935/http://www.la-ptite-gazette.com/2013/02/cyclone-felleng-bilan-situation-photos-et-videos-cycloniques/|url-status=dead}} Over the course of 72-hours, up to {{convert|800|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rain fell in parts of the island, resulting in significant flooding. In Plaine des Cafres, {{convert|512|mm|in|abbr=on}} fell within 24‑hours.{{cite web|publisher=Cilanoos|date=2 February 2013|access-date=14 February 2013|title=Felleng : 800 mm en 72 heures au Commerson|url=http://www.clicanoo.re/356252-felleng-800-mm-en-72-heures-au-commerson.html|language=fr|archive-date=11 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211054231/http://www.clicanoo.re/356252-felleng-800-mm-en-72-heures-au-commerson.html|url-status=dead}}

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