Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Kesiny was the first recorded tropical cyclone Catastrophe – the equivalent of a minimal hurricane Catastrophe – to make Creating landfall in the month of May 2002 in the south-west Indian Ocean .

The final named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the busy 2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Kesiny formed Coming_to_be on May 2 from a trough near the equator .

Kesiny initially moved Motion to the southeast , but later turned Motion to the southwest due to a strengthening Cause_change_of_strength ridge .

However , Kesiny developed Coming_to_be an eye and re-intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical cyclone Catastrophe on May 9 , reaching Achieve peak winds of before striking Attack Madagascar about southeast of Antsiranana .

Across Madagascar , Cyclone Catastrophe Kesiny dropped Motion heavy rainfall Self_motion , reaching Arriving in three days at Toamasina , the second largest city in the country .