Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/March/16
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March 16
- 1981 - Cyclone Max reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 960 hPa (mbar). Max had earlier passed directly over Darwin, the first cyclone to directly affect the city since Cyclone Tracy.
- 2018 - Tropical Storm Eliakim (pictured) moved ashore eastern Madagascar, producing heavy rainfall that killed 21 people.