Tropical Cyclone Hyacinthe was the wettest tropical cyclone Catastrophe on record Recording worldwide .

The eighth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the season , Hyacinthe formed Coming_to_be on January 15 , 1980 , to the northeast of Mauritius in the southern Indian Ocean .

Hyacinthe looped Motion to the south of eastern Madagascar and weakened Cause_change_of_strength , although it restrengthened after turning Removing to the east .

Hyacinthe became Becoming extratropical on January 29 after turning Removing southward , dissipating Change two days later .

For twelve days , Hyacinthe dropped Motion torrential rainfall on Réunion ; nearly all of the island received Receiving more than 1 m ( 3.3 ft ) of precipitation .

Hyacinthe caused Causation heavy damage Damaging to crops and damaged Damaging or destroyed Destroying 2,000 houses .

A total of of rain was recorded Recording in La Plaine-des-Palmistes ; rainfall totals occasionally exceeded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the totals measured during Cyclone Hyacinthe , the last major storm Catastrophe to affect Réunion .

However , the peak total measured in Hyacinthe was lower than the total measured during Clotilda .