Cyclone Rewa (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Severe Tropical Cyclone Rewa was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record within the southern Pacific Ocean, surviving for 28 days. It was an erratic tropical cyclone that killed 22 people and affected six countries. The disturbance that became Cyclone Rewa was first identified on 26 December 1994, to the south-east of Nauru Island. Over the next couple of days, the disturbance gradually developed while moving to the south-south-west, and it was named Rewa late on 28 December. During the next day, Rewa continued to move towards the south-south-west, moving through the Solomon Islands before it exited the South Pacific basin. Once in the Australian region, the cyclone continued to intensify and turned southward, paralleling the Australian coast during 31 December. Rewa further intensified over the next two days and reached its initial peak intensity as a Category four tropical cyclone on 2 January. The system maintained this intensity for about 12 hours before it began to weaken due to an increase in wind shear by 3 January. As the cyclone turned south-eastward, it moved back into the South Pacific basin during 4 January.