The cyclone Catastrophe meandered for the first several days of its existence Presence , caught Causation between weak and competing steering currents .

It restrengthened in the Indian Ocean to typhoon status , but increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale wind shear and weakened Cause_change_of_strength steering currents caused Causation Linda to dissipate Removing on November 9 .

The first phase late on the 26th consisted Cause_to_be_included of air strikes by torpedo bombers from the British aircraft carrier , which disabled Destroying `` Bismarck '' s steering gear , jamming her rudders in a turning position and preventing Preventing_or_letting her escape .

Later that day due to a developing Coming_to_be northerly steering current , the system slowed Change_event_time down and undertook Action a small anticlockwise loop before starting Process_start to move Motion towards the southwest and rapidly intensify Cause_change_of_strength .

As the system peaked , it performed Hold a small clockwise cyclonic loop within the vicinity of Tikopia island , as a result Causation of the steering flow over the cyclone Catastrophe becoming Becoming weak and variable .

The system subsequently started Process_start to move Motion towards the southeast during December 29 , in response Response to a strengthening Cause_change_of_strength steering flow , provided Supply by an upper level trough of low pressure and a baroclinic system near New Caledonia .

Situated Placing within a region of weak steering currents , the storm Catastrophe slowly intensified Cause_change_of_strength as it drifted Motion in a general northward direction .

Within a weak steering environment , the storm Catastrophe meandered Motion_directional southwestward while gradually gaining Getting strength Cause_change_of_strength .