![]() Moderate Tropical Storm Ana shortly after landfall in Mozambique on 24 January | |
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | 20 January 2022 |
Dissipated | 26 January 2022 |
Severe tropical storm | |
10-minute sustained (MFR) | |
Highest winds | 95 km/h (60 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 987 hPa (mbar); 29.15 inHg |
Tropical storm | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 95 km/h (60 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 993 hPa (mbar); 29.32 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 142 |
Damage | $27 million (2022 USD)[1] |
Areas affected | Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Zambia |
Part of the 2021–22 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season |
Severe Tropical Storm Ana was a deadly tropical cyclone that affected the African nations of Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique and was the fourth-deadliest tropical cyclone in 2022, after the Western Pacific Tropical Storm Megi and Tropical Storm Nalgae, and Atlantic Hurricane Ian. The first named storm of the 2021–22 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Ana developed from an area of convection that was designated as Invest 93S northeast of Madagascar.