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March 8

• 1908 - A rare off-season hurricane struck the Leeward Islands from the northeast. It was the only March Atlantic tropical cyclone on record.
• 1997 - Cyclone Gavin reached peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) and a pressure of 925 mbar as it affected Vanuatu and Fiji, killing 18 people and damaging US$23.7 million.
• 2008 - Cyclone Jokwe (pictured) struck northern Mozambique, killing 16 people.