2071-72 Southwest Indian Ocean Cyclone Season

Storms
Moderate Tropical Storm Amy

An area of disturbed weather was discovered to have stalled off the Reunion Islands in the Indian Ocean on September 27th, and Meteo france reunion|MFR classified the system as tropical disturbance 01S later in the afternoon. Rapid intensification and organization of the system greatly improved. Early the following morning, the Joint typhoon warning center|JTWC issued a Tropical cyclone formation alert|TCFA on the consolidating low, whilst NFR upgraded the cyclone into a tropical depression, then later into a moderate tropical storm. The JTWC upgraded the system into a tropical storm early on the 29th, claiming the system had reached peak 1-minute winds of 40 mph as it struck La Reunion. After landfall, the cyclone rapidly deteriorated, and was designated an extratropical storm early on September 30.