Madagascar braces for cyclone blowing in from Indian Ocean
2 years, 11 months ago

Madagascar braces for cyclone blowing in from Indian Ocean

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar is bracing for a new cyclone even as the Indian Ocean island recovers from a tropical storm that wreaked devastation last month. Cyclone Batsirai is forecast to hit the island’s east coast on Saturday with heavy winds and rains, according to Madagascar’s Department of Meteorology. We have already warned residents to leave areas at risk, such as the banks of rivers and the sea, areas vulnerable to landslides and houses that will not withstand gusts of wind and the onset of heavy rains.” In Antananarivo, the capital, many low-lying neighborhoods that were flooded in January are expecting renewed inundation from the approaching cyclone. The east coast of Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is already experiencing cloudy, windy weather as the cyclone approaches, according to the commander of the gendarmerie group of Vatomandry, Capt.

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A tropical cyclone makes landfall in northern Madagascar, killing 18 people
9 months, 1 week ago

A tropical cyclone makes landfall in northern Madagascar, killing 18 people

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on the north of the Indian Ocean island nation earlier this week, authorities said on Friday. The storm has also caused severe flooding that partly submerged entire villages, displaced or affected some 47,000 people and set off landslides that …

Mauritius lifts storm alert after cyclone passes. French island of Reunion is also assessing damage
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mauritius lifts storm alert after cyclone passes. French island of Reunion is also assessing damage

The Independent  

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Storm Freddy kills more than 60 on return to Mozambique, Malawi
1 year, 9 months ago

Storm Freddy kills more than 60 on return to Mozambique, Malawi

Firstpost  

Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere and could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, according to the World Meteorological Organization Blantyre: Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 60 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa …

Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit
1 year, 10 months ago

Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit

The Independent  

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Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with ‘dangerous’ rainfall
1 year, 10 months ago

Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with ‘dangerous’ rainfall

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Tropical Cyclone Freddy dumped “dangerous and exceptional rainfall levels” over Mozambique Friday as the long-lasting weather system continued to wreak havoc across southern Africa, the United Nations weather agency said. Freddy made landfall in the coastal town of Vilanculos with wind speeds of 113 kilometers and is now classified as an “intense tropical cyclone” after picking up …

Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with 'dangerous' rainfall
1 year, 10 months ago

Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with 'dangerous' rainfall

The Independent  

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Watch cyclone Freddy pummel Madagascar in Indian Ocean
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch cyclone Freddy pummel Madagascar in Indian Ocean

India Today  

Cyclone Freddy slammed Madagascar Tuesday night with heavy rains and strong destructive winds, killing four people. WATCH CYCLONE FREDDY HIT MADAGASCAR The storm flooded the area and ripped roofs off houses nearly a month after storm Cheneso killed 33 people and forced thousands from their homes on the island. After traversing Madagascar, Freddy could reappear in the Mozambique Channel, strengthening …

Weakened Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar, killing 4
1 year, 10 months ago

Weakened Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar, killing 4

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A weakened Cyclone Freddy which pummeled Madagascar Tuesday night with heavy rains and strong destructive winds, killing four people, is continuing to wreak havoc in the southwest of the Indian Ocean nation. Freddy battered the western city of Mananjary and left 16,660 people displaced and damaged nearly 5,000 homes in the country, according to the latest provisional …

Madagascar, Mozambique set for “dangerous” Cyclone Freddy
1 year, 10 months ago

Madagascar, Mozambique set for “dangerous” Cyclone Freddy

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as “dangerous” by the United Nation’s weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall. The nation has already experienced widespread flooding in recent weeks, raising fears from the U.N. humanitarian agency that the “severe humanitarian situation in the region” may escalate. …

Cyclone Freddy’s battering winds make landfall in Madagascar
1 year, 10 months ago

Cyclone Freddy’s battering winds make landfall in Madagascar

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A slightly weakened Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall Tuesday on the east coast of Madagascar, with schools, businesses and public transportation shut down as strong winds and rain lashed the island. Madagascar’s National Office for Risk and Disaster Management prepared food rations and mapped distribution for regions expected to be affected by the cyclone this week. Meteo-France, …

Cyclone Freddy's battering winds make landfall in Madagascar
1 year, 10 months ago

Cyclone Freddy's battering winds make landfall in Madagascar

The Independent  

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Mauritius shuts down as cyclone Freddy brings heavy rainfall: Top updates
1 year, 10 months ago

Mauritius shuts down as cyclone Freddy brings heavy rainfall: Top updates

Hindustan Times  

Cyclone Freddy- an intense tropical weather system approached Mauritius bringing with it heavy rainfall and winds in Mauritius. The island nation cancelled flights and closed its stock exchange as the weather agency issued a Class 3 cyclone warning, saying estimated gusts in the centre of cyclone Freddy could reach around 280 kilometres an hour. The weather agency said that cyclone …

Tropical storm leaves 30 dead, 20 missing in Madagascar
1 year, 11 months ago

Tropical storm leaves 30 dead, 20 missing in Madagascar

Associated Press  

ANTANARIVO, Madagascar — Flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across Madagascar caused 30 deaths, left 20 people missing and affected tens of thousands across the Indian Ocean island nation, according to a provisional assessment Monday. The storm made landfall in the northeast of the island last Thursday and impacted close to 89,000 people, Madagascar’s National …

Cyclone in Madagascar kills dozens, displaces tens of thousands
1 year, 11 months ago

Cyclone in Madagascar kills dozens, displaces tens of thousands

Al Jazeera  

At least 25 confirmed dead and more than 37,000 displaced by Cyclone Cheneso, authorities say. More than two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands have been left homeless since a severe tropical cyclone made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island’s western coast, official records show. Cheneso – which temporarily intensified to a tropical cyclone …

The perilous road to recovery in Madagascar’s cyclone-hit east
2 years, 9 months ago

The perilous road to recovery in Madagascar’s cyclone-hit east

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera travelled along Madagascar’s ravaged coast, where residents feel left behind weeks after the deadly storms. In 2021, WFP officials made international headlines for saying a food insecurity crisis in the country’s arid south could become the world’s first “climate change famine”. “The hardest situation is that once the cyclones are gone, this is what people found – damages.” …

‘We need help': Another cyclone batters Madagascar
2 years, 10 months ago

‘We need help': Another cyclone batters Madagascar

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Cyclone Emnati crashed into the southeastern coast of Madagascar in the early hours of Wednesday, ripping roofs off houses and raising fears of flooding and food shortages in a region still recovering from the destruction inflicted by another tropical storm just weeks ago. More than 30,000 people were moved to safe accommodation before Emnati arrived and Madagascar’s …

Cyclone-hit Madagascar braces for another ‘big one’
2 years, 10 months ago

Cyclone-hit Madagascar braces for another ‘big one’

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa is bracing for yet another cyclone having already been hit by three major tropical storms in the last month. Cyclone Emnati is expected to make landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar late Tuesday amid fears it will be a stronger storm than the three that have …

Madagascar, southern Africa brace for more tropical storms
2 years, 10 months ago

Madagascar, southern Africa brace for more tropical storms

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Even as southern African nations assess the devastation caused earlier this month by Cyclone Batsirai, a new tropical storm is approaching as the Indian Ocean region is confronted by an intense cyclone season. About eight to 12 more cyclones may hit southern Africa and nearby islands in the Indian Ocean before the cyclone season ends in May, …

Madagascar, southern Africa brace for more tropical storms
2 years, 10 months ago

Madagascar, southern Africa brace for more tropical storms

The Independent  

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Madagascar: Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 120
2 years, 11 months ago

Madagascar: Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 120

Al Jazeera  

Authorities struggle to accommodate about 30,000 people displaced by the storm as the number of casualties jumps. The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar jumped to 120 on Friday with tens of thousands needing shelter after their homes were destroyed. Batsirai was Madagascar’s second destructive storm in two weeks, after Tropical Storm Ana killed at least 38 people. The …

Madagascar’s death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 92
2 years, 11 months ago

Madagascar’s death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 92

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — The toll of Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar has risen to 92 deaths and more than 112,000 people displaced by the tropical storm which rampaged across the island earlier this week, the national disaster management office announced Wednesday. “Most of the houses are made of earth and when there are floods, the houses become like mud and they …

Madagascar death toll from Cyclone Batsirai nears 100
2 years, 11 months ago

Madagascar death toll from Cyclone Batsirai nears 100

Al Jazeera  

Cyclone which left 91,000 people with destroyed or damaged homes was the island nation’s second destructive storm in two weeks. The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar has risen to 92, the state disaster relief agency said, as information continued to filter in from areas of the country that were badly affected. The cyclone slammed into the large Indian …

Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar but quickly weakens on land
2 years, 11 months ago

Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar but quickly weakens on land

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Cyclone Batsirai is blamed for the deaths of 20 people in Madagascar and for making more than 55,000 people homeless victims after slamming into the island’s eastern coast, officials said Monday. The tropical storm weakened quickly as it moved southwest across the island, missing the capital Antananarivo and posing little risk apart to other areas except for …

At least 10 killed as cyclone sweeps through Madagascar
2 years, 11 months ago

At least 10 killed as cyclone sweeps through Madagascar

Al Jazeera  

Cyclone Batsirai, the second severe storm in as many weeks, tears roofs from homes and triggers widespread flooding. At least 10 people have been killed and nearly 48,000 forced from their homes after Cyclone Batsirai struck Madagascar overnight, according to the island country’s office of disaster and risk management. “Mananjary is completely destroyed, no matter where you go everything is …

Cyclone Batsirai: At least 20 killed in Madagascar tropical storm
2 years, 11 months ago

Cyclone Batsirai: At least 20 killed in Madagascar tropical storm

Al Jazeera  

More than 55,000 people displaced; thousands of buildings destroyed and flooded in Mananjary and nearby towns, officials say. At least 20 people have been killed and more than 55,000 others were displaced after Cyclone Batsirai slammed into Madagascar’s eastern coast, officials have said. The tropical storm weakened quickly as it moved southwest across the island, missing the capital Antananarivo and …

Cyclone Batsirai’s high winds and rain pound Madagascar
2 years, 11 months ago

Cyclone Batsirai’s high winds and rain pound Madagascar

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — The full force of Cyclone Batsirai pounded Madagascar’s eastern coast with torrential winds and rain Saturday night. The cyclone gained strength as blew across the Indian Ocean, with gale-force winds reaching peaks of 235 kilometers per hour, according to the island’s meteorology department. Batsirai, which means help in the Shona language, is classified as a dangerous storm …

‘Widespread damage’ feared as Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Widespread damage’ feared as Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar

Al Jazeera  

Winds of more than 200km per hour were forecast as Cyclone Batsirai bore down on Madagascar. Cyclone Batsirai has struck Madagascar’s eastern region with strong winds and heavy rain, the second storm to hit the island nation in just a few weeks. “I confirm that Batsirai hit Mananjary at about 8pm local time,” meteorologist Lovandrainy Ratovoharisoa told AFP news agency …

Madagascar on high alert for Cyclone Batsirai’s winds, rain
2 years, 11 months ago

Madagascar on high alert for Cyclone Batsirai’s winds, rain

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar has put six of its regions on high alert as tropical Cyclone Batsirai is forecast to hit the Indian Ocean island’s east coast Saturday with intense winds of 195 kilometers per hour, according to the Department of Meteorology. About 4.4 million of Madagascar’s 28 million people are at risk, with nearly 600,000 expected to be directly …

Cyclone weakens in central Mozambique, but flooding a threat
3 years, 11 months ago

Cyclone weakens in central Mozambique, but flooding a threat

The Independent  

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Cyclone Fani: Almost 1 million being evacuated as storm nears Odisha
5 years, 8 months ago

Cyclone Fani: Almost 1 million being evacuated as storm nears Odisha

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India began evacuating almost 1 million people from the eastern state of Odisha to temporary shelters as the nation braces for its worst cyclonic storm since 2014. Cyclone Fani is set to hit the country’s eastern coast on Friday, with wind speeds likely reaching as high as 200 kilometers per hour. A satellite view of Cyclone Fani Odisha …

Odisha braces for Cyclone Fani expected to hit Puri on Friday; MHA releases Rs 1,086-crore aid for states in storm's path
5 years, 8 months ago

Odisha braces for Cyclone Fani expected to hit Puri on Friday; MHA releases Rs 1,086-crore aid for states in storm's path

Firstpost  

Twenty units of state and 12 of Central disaster response forces were alerted as “very severe cyclone storm” Clyclone Fani is expected to reach Odisha on Friday. Bhubaneswar: Twenty units of state and 12 units of Central disaster response forces were alerted as “very severe cyclone storm” ‘Fani’ is expected to reach Odisha coast on Friday, the state government said …

Ocean changes affected deadly duo of Mozambique cyclones
5 years, 8 months ago

Ocean changes affected deadly duo of Mozambique cyclones

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Warming waters and rising sea levels are affecting Indian Ocean cyclones such as those that have wrought havoc in Mozambique in recent weeks, making them potentially more deadly. “This was certainly the case for Cyclone Idai,” Carabante said, adding that many affected areas are prone to flooding and landslides even with normal levels of rainfall. “And this is …

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique: Relief teams scramble to get relief supplies to victims; 400 people killed in storm
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique: Relief teams scramble to get relief supplies to victims; 400 people killed in storm

Firstpost  

A week after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique with winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour, the rescue effort rose up a gear but the situation was often chaotic. Beira: Aid workers faced disarray and a clamour for help Friday as they headed out across central Mozambique, battling to help tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern …

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