Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/January/5
![Cyclone Heta at peak strength](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tropical_Cyclone_Heta_2004.jpg/100px-Tropical_Cyclone_Heta_2004.jpg)
January 5
- 2005 - Cyclone Heta (pictured) reached its lowest pressure of 915 hPa (mbar). Heta caused $150 million in damage, mostly on American Samoa.
- 2013 - Tropical Storm Sonamu reached peak intensity north of Borneo. The name was retired thereafter due to its pronunciation as it sounded like tsunami.
- 2018 - Cyclone Ava struck eastern Madagascar, resulting in 51 deaths from its widespread floods.