After sparing Vanuatu a direct hit Attack , Susan started Process_start to accelerate Cause_change_of_strength towards the southeast and while starting Process_start to weaken significantly passed Motion_directional close enough to Fiji during January 7 and 8 to cause Causation gale-force winds in Fiji 's southern and western islands .

Despite sparing Vanuatu and Fiji direct hits Bodily_harm , heavy rain and gale-force winds associated Collaboration with Susan were reported Reporting to have caused Causation minor damage to several Vanuatuan and Fijian islands .

However , gale-force winds remained Presence associated Collaboration with the depression , before the system turned Becoming towards the east-northeast and entered Arriving into warmer waters near the Tuamotu Islands .

at its peak , the hurricane Catastrophe 's gale-force winds spanned Expansion an area 575 mi ( 925 km ) across .

The large system gradually wound Motion down over the following several days , with winds subsiding Change below gale-force on August 30 .

Several inches of glaze ice , accompanied by gale-force winds , caused Causation damage Damaging comparable to the aftermath Catastrophe of the 1938 New England hurricane Catastrophe .

Despite moving Motion over land , the system weakened Cause_change_of_strength only slightly , emerging Coming_to_be over the South China Sea on November 6 while retaining Preserving gale-force winds .

The waters quickly receded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale after carving Bodily_harm new channels connecting the bay with the ocean ; however , gale-force winds and high seas persisted into Tuesday , preventing Preventing_or_letting rescue efforts .

It attained Achieve gale-force winds and was named Name_conferral `` Mala '' the next day .

European windstorms bringing Bringing heavy rain and gale-force winds caused Causation damage and flooding to the south of Great Britain on 13–14 November .

After moving Motion over water on 26 November , it redeveloped Recovering gale-force winds .

Several areas experienced Confronting_problem gale-force winds , with gusts measured up Coming_to_be to on Centre Island .

over the following days , it slowly developed Coming_to_be and acquired Getting gale-force winds and enough convection to be designated as `` tropical storm bertha '' early on august 1 .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty was a strong , slow-moving Self_motion tropical cyclone that produced Creating record duration gale-force winds in Port Hedland , Western Australia in late February 2013 .

While extratropical , Isaac brushed Motion the British Isles , producing Manufacturing below gale-force winds .

the storm Catastrophe was the second-smallest tropical cyclone Catastrophe on record ( in terms of gale-force wind diameter ) , behind only tropical storm marco in 2008 .

It was among the largest Atlantic hurricanes of its strength ever recorded Recording , in terms of gale-force diameter .