Ikola

History

Severe Tropical Cyclone Ikola originated as the final tropical depression of the 2014–15 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The system, initially designated Tropical Depression 14 by RSMC La Réunion, developed in the South-West Indian Ocean basin before strengthening and eventually crossing into the Australian basin. Prior to that crossing, it had intensified to a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale. Once it entered the Australian region, it was classified and tracked as a severe tropical cyclone under that basin's naming and rating conventions.

The Wikipedia source notes Ikola as the last named storm of the South-West Indian Ocean season, underscoring that it formed late in the seasonal period and moved eastward across the basin boundary rather than remaining in the Indian Ocean region. The available source material does not provide detailed information on specific landfall location, wind speeds at peak intensity, or damage and casualty figures associated with Ikola's passage through the Australian basin. What is established is the cyclone's cross-basin track, moving from the South-West Indian Ocean into Australian waters after reaching at least Category 1 strength, making it a relatively modest but notable end-of-season system during an otherwise above-average cyclone season in the South-West Indian Ocean.

Sources: Bureau of Meteorology report Wikipedia