Cyclone Gezani (2026)
Cyclone Gezani reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 8, 2026 and February 18, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb, and made landfall. It killed 66 people and did $2.0 billion of damage, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Gezani, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 8, 2026 to February 18, 2026
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 109 kt (125 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 956 mb (28.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 20.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 32 kt (37 mph)
- Identifier
- SH212026
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
66 deaths$2.0 billion
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 18.0S 56.9E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 18.0S 56.8E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 18.3S 56.6E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 18.1S 56.1E | 39 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 17.9S 55.6E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 18.0S 54.6E | 51 kt | 996 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 18.0S 53.8E | 60 kt | 991 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 18.1S 52.9E | 70 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 18.2S 52.1E | 89 kt | 973 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 18.1S 51.1E | 99 kt | 965 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 18.1S 50.1E | 109 kt | 956 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 18.1S 49.2E | 89 kt | 973 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 18.2S 48.3E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 18.4S 46.2E | 51 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 18.9S 44.7E | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 19.1S 43.5E | 39 kt | 1005 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 19.7S 42.2E | 51 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 19.9S 41.0E | 64 kt | 991 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 20.4S 40.0E | 74 kt | 982 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 20.8S 39.1E | 89 kt | 969 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 21.3S 38.2E | 89 kt | 967 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 22.0S 37.0E | 84 kt | 973 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 22.5S 36.4E | 89 kt | 964 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 23.3S 36.1E | 89 kt | 963 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 24.1S 35.7E | 93 kt | 960 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 24.9S 36.0E | 93 kt | 957 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 25.9S 36.6E | 89 kt | 961 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 26.6S 37.9E | 80 kt | 968 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 26.7S 38.6E | 84 kt | 967 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 26.7S 39.3E | 80 kt | 973 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 26.4S 40.1E | 80 kt | 971 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 26.2S 41.5E | 84 kt | 967 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 25.4S 41.8E | 74 kt | 978 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 24.9S 41.9E | 74 kt | 975 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 24.9S 42.5E | 64 kt | 980 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 25.3S 43.6E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 26.4S 44.1E | 54 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 29.6S 43.9E | 51 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 30.0S 42.5E | 51 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 31.5S 42.1E | 51 kt | 991 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 32.9S 41.7E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Not reported |
Other South Indian storms of 2026
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2026
- Tropical Storm AwoSouth Indian · 2026
- Tropical Storm BlossomSouth Indian · 2026
- Tropical Storm ChengeSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone FinaSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone BakungSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone GrantSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone HayleySouth Indian · 2026
- Tropical Storm IggySouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone JennaSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone DudzaiSouth Indian · 2026
- Tropical Storm EwetseSouth Indian · 2026
- Tropical Storm LuanaSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone FytiaSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone MitchellSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone HoracioSouth Indian · 2026
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2026
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2026
- Cyclone IndusaSouth Indian · 2026
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.