Early-season Tropical Cyclone “Alcide” forms near Madagascar

Early-season Tropical Cyclone “Alcide” forms near Madagascar

Tropical Cyclone "Alcide" formed November 6, 2018 as the first named storm of the 2018/19 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Over the next 48 hours, this system strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane equivalent. Its formation comes 9 days before the…