Feature article
Tropical Cyclones in the Cook Islands
Arona Ngari, Director, Cook Islands Meteorological Service
Background
Figure 1: Tropical cyclones from November 2004 through April 2005 (selected cyclones)
Figure 2: Tropical cyclones from November 2004 through April 2005
Figure 3: Cyclone damage.
During the 2004/05 tropical cyclone season, February was the most memorable among Cook Islanders living at home and abroad. It was the month that five cyclones (Meena, Nancy, Olaf, Percy, and Rae – See Figure 1) occurred within a period of five weeks.