Informes

MapAction has mobilised a team to support the humanitarian response following Storm Batsirai, which hit Madagascar on Saturday evening. The team is due to leave on Tuesday. Batsirai, a category three cyclone, swept away cars and houses,…

Highlights • Rainfall associated with the cyclone is expected to disappear from 11 February. • BNGRC situation update on 7 February 18:30 (temporary numbers): o 70,355 people affected (14,051 households), of which 60,048 people displaced o 211 schools damaged o 17…

HIGHLIGHTS • Tropical Cyclone Batsirai made landfall in Madagascar, just north of the city of Mananjary, in Vatovavy region, on Saturday, 5 February, as an Intense Tropical Cyclone (Category 3 equivalent) with wind speeds of 165 km/h…

The European Commission is providing emergency assistance to the people of Madagascar after powerful cyclone Batsirai made landfall over the central-eastern coast of the island on 5 February 2022. An initial team of 5 EU Civil Protection…

After the passage of tropical cyclone BATSIRAI on 5-6 February over central and southern Madagascar, preliminary reports state at least 20 fatalities, 69,000 people displaced in shelters including people preventively evacuated and 9,271 children out of…

Bern, 07.02.2022 - Dix jours après avoir été balayé par une tempête tropicale, Madagascar fait face à une nouvelle catastrophe. Le cyclone Batsirai, qui a touché terre samedi soir, a provoqué d’importants dégâts. Après les puissantes…

The tropical cyclone season in the Indian Ocean is now underway. The first named storm, Ana, last week caused heavy rain, flooding and a number of casualties in Madagascar and other southern African countries including Mozambique,…

Highlights • Cyclone Batsirai exited Madagascar via Tulear II last night at a speed of 28km/h, with average winds of 55 Km/h and gusts of 60 Km/h. It has since been moving West-Southwest in the Mozambique Channel. •…

Hours after cyclone Batsirai wreaked destruction in eastern Madagascar, the World Food Programme (WFP) is on the ground providing emergency assistance. WFP staff on the scene report that the coastal town of Mananjary has been completely devastated.…

Tropical Cyclone BATSIRAI made landfall with winds up to 200 km/h on the central-eastern coast of Madagascar next to the city of Mananjary on 5 February. After landing, the Tropical Cyclone has weakened and is now moving…