:1015 UTC - Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe makes landfall between Mozambique Island and Angoche City.
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:1300 UTC - Severe Tropical Storm Fame becomes Tropical Cyclone Fame just as it makes landfall near Besalampy, Madagascar.
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The storm made landfall in the Sava Region of eastern Madagascar early on January 2 and subsequently crossed the northern portion of the country.
In all, Cyprien destroyed 841 homes in the towns of Morombe and Morondava.
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After peaking, Hary weakened due to land interaction, and it struck Madagascar southeast of Antalaha.
Gafilo made landfall over Antalaha, Madagascar early on 7 March, and it arrived at the Mozambique Channel as a moderate tropical storm before noon on 8 March.
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Late on 9 March, Gafilo made landfall north of Morombe, Madagascar, and the system started to make a three-day clockwise loop over the south part of Madagascar.
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Across the island, the cyclone caused at least 33 deaths, with its impact further compounded by Cyclone Gafilo about two months later.
The depression moved southeastward, making landfall in western Madagascar between Morombe and Toliara.
It strengthened to a severe tropical storm as it approached the Madagascar coast, and made landfall north of Mananjary.
The seventh named storm of the 1996–97 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Gretelle developed within the intertropical convergence zone on January 19, and gradually intensified while moving southwestward.
:0000 UTC – The Tropical Cyclone Warning Center in Darwin reports that a tropical low has formed to the northeast of Wyndham.
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:2100 UTC – The Joint Typhoon Warning Center designates the Tropical Low previously located to the northeast of Wyndham as Tropical Cyclone 10S and issues its first advisory.
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:0000 UTC – The Tropical Cyclone Warning Center in Darwin, previously located to the northeast of Wyndham as Tropical Cyclone Helen.
Tropical Storm Lisette was the final named storm of the moderately active 1996–97 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season.