### [2024-12-12](/feed/2024/12/12/index.md)

##### 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
# Tropical Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Agaléga, Mauritius. 




### Sources:

1. [Crisis24](https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2024/12/indian-ocean-intense-tropical-cyclone-chido-tracking-westward-toward-agalega-mauritius-early-dec-12-update-3)

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