Cyclone Prema
Severe Tropical Cyclone Prema was the twenty-third storm of the season, Prema formed early on 26 March 1993 as a weak tropical depression.
Meteorological history
On 25 March, a tropical depression had developed within an otherwise inactive monsoon trough, about to the west of the Fijian dependency of Rotuma. A passing high-pressure area assisted the tropical depression's genesis under an upper-level ridge near Vanuatu. On 26 March, the system initially moved north-westwards, before it turned and moved south-westwards as it organised and developed further. The depression moved towards the northwest before it turned and started to move southwest as it gradually developed further. On 27 March, both the Nadi TCWC and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that the depression had developed into a tropical cyclone and the Nadi TCWC named it Prema.Effects
In Vanuatu, Cyclone Prema affected 20,000 people and caused an estimated in damages. A gauge in Port Vila was damaged and inoperable for over 18 months.Due to the impact of this system, the name Prema was retired by the World Meteorological Organization's RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee.