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For the 1976 Australian storm of the same name, see <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Australian_region_cyclone_season#Tropical_Cyclone_Alan" title="1975–76 Australian region cyclone season">Tropical Cyclone Alan</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1160504542">.mw-parser-output .ib-weather-event .infobox-header>.nowrap{margin:0 8px}</style><table class="infobox ib-weather-event"><caption class="infobox-title">Tropical Cyclone Alan</caption> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropical_Cyclone_Alan_(1998).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Tropical_Cyclone_Alan_%281998%29.jpg/220px-Tropical_Cyclone_Alan_%281998%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Tropical_Cyclone_Alan_%281998%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="301" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cyclone Alan near its peak intensity</div></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #ddd;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Meteorological history</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">April 17, 1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissipated</th><td class="infobox-data">April 26, 1998</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1160504542"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #4DFFFF"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Category 1 tropical cyclone</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>10-minute sustained</i> (<a href="/wiki/Fiji_Meteorological_Service" title="Fiji Meteorological Service">FMS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest winds</th><td class="infobox-data">75 km/h (45 mph)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest pressure</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">992 <a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">hPa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bar_(unit)" title="Bar (unit)">mbar</a>); 29.29 <a href="/wiki/Inch_of_mercury" title="Inch of mercury">inHg</a></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1160504542"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #4DFFFF"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Tropical storm</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>1-minute sustained</i> (<a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">SSHWS</a>/<a href="/wiki/NPMOC" class="mw-redirect" title="NPMOC">NPMOC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest winds</th><td class="infobox-data">85 km/h (50 mph)</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="background-color: #00000022; color: inherit;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Overall effects</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r00-1998108S10203">IBTrACS</a><span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17003983#P4540" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr />Part of the <b><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_South_Pacific_cyclone_season" title="1997–98 South Pacific cyclone season">1997–98 South Pacific cyclone season</a></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Tropical Cyclone Alan</b> was considered to be one of the worst <a href="/wiki/Natural_disasters" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural disasters">natural disasters</a> experienced in <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>. The system, first noted as a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_disturbance" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical disturbance">tropical disturbance</a> on April 17, 1998 east of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cook_Islands" title="Northern Cook Islands">Northern Cook Islands</a>, initially moved erratically prior to its designation as Alan upon developing into a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclone</a> on April 21. The following day, Alan reached its estimated peak intensity with 10-minute maximum sustained wind speeds of 75 km/h (45 mph), posing several forecasting challenges due to difficulties in establishing its location and intensity. On April 23, Alan appeared to become <a href="/wiki/Wind_shear" title="Wind shear">sheared</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)" title="Eye (cyclone)">low-level circulation center</a> displaced about 20 km (10 mi) from the nearest <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_convection" title="Atmospheric convection">atmospheric convection</a>. However, over the next day, after the mid-level <a href="/wiki/Trough_(meteorology)" title="Trough (meteorology)">trough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Low_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Low pressure">low pressure</a> shearing the system moved faster than expected, Alan became better organized. While situated about 555 km (345 mi) west-northwest of the <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesian</a> island of Tahiti, the system drifted south-southeastward. Early on April 25, Alan passed near to or over the French Polynesian Society Islands of Maupiti, Bora-Bora, and Raiatea. However, strong wind shear pulled the system apart, with visible imagery confirming the system's degeneration into a depression with a fully exposed low-level circulation. The system affected French Polynesia with high winds and torrential rain, causing several <a href="/wiki/Landslides" class="mw-redirect" title="Landslides">landslides</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a>. The landslides resulted in the collapse of two bridges, and also overturned trees, in turn obstructing roads. Overall, ten people died as a result of the system, while thirty others were injured, with a majority of the casualties a result of landslides. On the islands of <a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Raiatea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taha%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Taha'a">Taha'a</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a>, several churches, schools and clinics were damaged, while water and electricity supplies were cut off. On the islands, around 750 houses were destroyed, with 430 and 150 wrecked on Huahine and Ra'iātea, respectively. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meteorological_history">Meteorological history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyclone_Alan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Meteorological history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_1998_track.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Alan_1998_track.png/275px-Alan_1998_track.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Alan_1998_track.png/413px-Alan_1998_track.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Alan_1998_track.png/550px-Alan_1998_track.png 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="1669" /></a><figcaption>Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Map key</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 51em; width: 100%"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">Saffir–Simpson scale</a></b></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6EC1EA; color:black;"> </span> Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4DFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFCC; color:black;"> </span> Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE775; color:black;"> </span> Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC140; color:black;"> </span> Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF8F20; color:black;"> </span> Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF6060; color:black;"> </span> Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;"> </span> Unknown </div> </div> <div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 20em; width: 100%;"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Storm type</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="circle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/18px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/27px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/36px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">Tropical cyclone</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="square" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/18px-Solid_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/27px-Solid_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/36px-Solid_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone" title="Subtropical cyclone">Subtropical cyclone</a></div> <div><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="triangle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/18px-ArrowUp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/27px-ArrowUp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/36px-ArrowUp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical cyclone</a>, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression</div> </div></div></div></figcaption></figure> <p>On April 17, 1998, the <a href="/wiki/Fiji_Meteorological_Service" title="Fiji Meteorological Service">Fiji Meteorological Service</a> <small>(FMS)</small> started to monitor the development of a tropical disturbance east of the Northern <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the FMS initiated advisories on the system on April 19, the system moved erratically; it later developed into a weak depression while it located about 555 km (345 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Manihiki_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Manihiki Atoll">Manihiki Atoll</a> in the Northern Cook Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next couple of days, the system slowly moved northwards, gradually organizing, with gale-force winds developing in its southern quadrant on April 20.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-April_tracks_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April_tracks-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next day, the system developed into a category 1 tropical cyclone on the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales" title="Tropical cyclone scales">Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale</a>, before the FMS named the system Alan at 1800 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this time, the cyclone, located about 300 km (185 mi) east-southeast of Manihiki, started to move westwards.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 22, the FMS estimated that Alan had reached its peak intensity with 10-minute <a href="/wiki/Maximum_sustained_wind" title="Maximum sustained wind">maximum sustained wind</a> speeds of 40 kn (75 km/h; 45 mph), just as the system started to pose several forecasting challenges due to difficulties in establishing its location and intensity.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IBTRACS-Alan_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBTRACS-Alan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day the <a href="/wiki/JTWC" class="mw-redirect" title="JTWC">Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center</a> <small>(NPMOC)</small> started to issue warnings on Alan and accidentally assigned it the designation 32P as opposed to 36P, estimating peak 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 85 km/h (50 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-April_tracks_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April_tracks-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 23, the system appeared to become sheared, with the low-level circulation center displaced about 20 km (10 mi) from the nearest atmospheric convection.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the FMS reported Alan's weakening into a depression, while the NPMOC subsequently issued their final advisory on the system.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_3_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next day, as a mid-level trough of low pressure shearing Alan moved faster than expected, the depression became better organized and developed favorable upper-level outflow.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the NPMOC initiated advisories on the system again on April 24, and later that day, the FMS reported that Alan re-intensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone.<sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IBTRACS-Alan_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBTRACS-Alan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While located about 555 km (345 mi) west-northwest of the <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesian</a> island of <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>, the system moved south-southeastward under the influence of an upper-level anticyclone located to its east.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_4_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early on April 25, Alan passed near to or over the French Polynesian <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maupiti" title="Maupiti">Maupiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bora-Bora" class="mw-redirect" title="Bora-Bora">Bora-Bora</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ra%27i%C4%81tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra'iātea">Ra'iātea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the system moved near Bora Bora, a maximum wind gust of 147 km/h (91 mph) and a pressure observation of 1002 hPa (29.6 inHg) were recorded,<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> indicating the minimal strength of Alan; however, the wind gust was stronger than that expected of similarly intense tropical cyclones.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later speculated that squalls within Alan's convective feeder band may have been responsible for the stronger wind gusts.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 25, strong wind shear pulled the system apart, with visible imagery revealing a fully exposed low-level circulation.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the FMS reported that the system weakened into a depression at 1800 UTC that day, while located about 185 km (115 mi) west-northwest of Tahiti.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NPMOC subsequently reissued their final advisory early the next day as the system drifted south-southeastward while located west of Tahiti.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPMOC_7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPMOC_7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparations_and_impact">Preparations and impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyclone_Alan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preparations and impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cyclone Alan produced high winds and torrential rain over French Polynesia between April 24 and 25, causing several landslides on the Society Islands,<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eight_dead_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eight_dead-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lemonde_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lemonde-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resulting in the collapse of two bridges and obstruction of roads by fallen trees.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9805_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9805-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damage associated with the system was mainly confined to the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tahaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tahaa">Tahaa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ra%27i%C4%81tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra'iātea">Ra'iātea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a>, which had all been damaged by <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Osea" title="Cyclone Osea">Cyclone Osea</a> earlier in the season.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9804_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9804-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, ten people died as a result of the system, while thirty others were injured, with the majority of the casualties occurring due to landslides.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Bora Bora, wind gusts of up to 147 km/h (91 mph) were reported, while on Tahaa, wind gusts of up to 95 km/h (60 mph) were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the islands of Ra'iātea, Tahaa and Huahine, several churches, schools and clinics were damaged, while water and electricity supplies were cut off.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_9805_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9805-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the islands, around 750 houses were destroyed, with 430 and 150 wrecked on Huahine and Ra'iātea, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-GP_9805_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP_9805-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Huahine, the extent of the damage, along with a sharp dip on the <a href="/wiki/Uturoa" title="Uturoa">Uturoa</a> <a href="/wiki/Barograph" title="Barograph">barograph trace</a>, suggested that a <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornado</a> may have been spawned in one of Alan's <a href="/wiki/Convection" title="Convection">convective bands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the system's aftermath a, 60-person relief team was deployed from Tahiti to the affected islands to assist with emergency operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Eight_dead_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eight_dead-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/French_President" class="mw-redirect" title="French President">French President</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Jospin" title="Lionel Jospin">Lionel Jospin</a> both sent messages of support to the Leeward Islands, and in French Polynesia, the system was considered to be one of the worst natural disasters in the islands' history.<sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days after Cyclone Alan impacted the islands, Cyclone Bart caused an additional ten deaths and some minor damage to the French territory.<sup id="cite_ref-97-98_ATCR_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97-98_ATCR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1997-98_BoM_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997-98_BoM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PDN:Bart_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDN:Bart-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During December 1998, the <a href="/wiki/ECHO_(European_Commission)" class="mw-redirect" title="ECHO (European Commission)">European Community Humanitarian Office</a> responded to a government appeal, providing <span data-sort-value="7005105000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>105,000 for tents, medical aid, food and clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyclone_Alan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Wasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Wasa">Cyclone Wasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Oli" title="Cyclone Oli">Cyclone Oli</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyclone_Alan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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(1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Yolande" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Yolande">Yolande (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Agatha" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Agatha">Agatha (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Gail_(1972)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Gail (1972)">Gail (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Ida_(1972)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Ida (1972)">Ida (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Bebe" title="Cyclone Bebe">Bebe (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Lottie" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Lottie">Lottie – Natalie (1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Alison" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Alison">Alison (1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_South_Pacific_cyclone_season" title="1976–77 South Pacific cyclone season">Unnamed (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_South_Pacific_cyclone_season" title="1976–77 South Pacific cyclone season">Unnamed (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_South_Pacific_cyclone_season" title="1977–78 South Pacific cyclone season">Tessa (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Bob" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Bob">Bob (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Charles">Charles (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Gordon" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Gordon">Gordon (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Meli" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Meli">Meli (1979)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Rae_(1980)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Rae (1980)">Rae (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Wally" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Wally">Wally (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyclone_Diola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyclone Diola (page does not exist)">Tahmar (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Betsy" title="Cyclone Betsy">Hettie (1982)</a></li> <li>Unnamed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Nano" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Nano">Nano (1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_William" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone William">William (1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Beti" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Beti">Beti (1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Eric" title="Cyclone Eric">Eric (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Nigel" title="Cyclone Nigel">Nigel (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Freda_(1985)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Freda (1985)">Freda (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Namu" title="Cyclone Namu">Namu (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Raja" title="Cyclone Raja">Raja (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Sally" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Sally">Sally (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Tusi" title="Cyclone Tusi">Tusi (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Wini" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Wini">Wini (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Yali" title="Cyclone Yali">Yali (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Hinano" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Hinano">Hinano (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Ivy" title="Cyclone Ivy">Ivy (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Judy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Judy">Judy (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Lili" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Lili">Lili (1989)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Hettie_(1992)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Hettie (1992)">Hettie (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Mick_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Mick (1993)">Mick (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Oli_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Oli (1993)">Oli (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Gertie_(1995)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Gertie (1995)">Gertie (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Yasi_(1996)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Yasi (1996)">Yasi (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Zaka_(1996)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Zaka (1996)">Zaka (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Atu_(1996)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Atu (1996)">Atu (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Cyril_(1996)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Cyril (1996)">Cyril (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Ian_(1997)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Ian (1997)">Ian (1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Tui" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Tui">Tui (1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Alan_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Alan (1998)">Alan (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Bart_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Bart (1998)">Bart (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Ella_(1999)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Ella (1999)">Ella (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Gita_(1999)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Gita (1999)">Gita (1999)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyclone_Neil_(2000)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyclone Neil (2000) (page does not exist)">Neil (2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Rita_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Rita (2001)">Rita (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Trina" title="Cyclone Trina">Trina (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Vicky_(2001)" 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title="Cyclone Innis (2009)">Innis (2009)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Nisha_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Nisha (2010)">Nisha (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Sarah_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Sarah (2010)">Sarah (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Haley_(2013)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Haley (2013)">Haley (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_June_(2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone June (2014)">June (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Mike_(2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Mike (2014)">Mike (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Reuben_(2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Reuben (2015)">Reuben (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Tuni_(2015)" class="mw-redirect" 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