Reports

SITUATION In the afternoon of Sunday the 8 December 2019, cyclone Belna passed the region of the entire western coastline in Madagascar. While the eye of the cyclone moves near to the coast in the channel between…

Antananarivo/Nairobi/Geneva, 09 December 2019 — Madagascar is on high alert as Cyclone Belna barrels towards the country’s north-western coast. Red Cross disaster response teams in Boeny and Melaky regions have activated response plans in anticipation of…

A. Situation Analysis Description of the Disaster This DREF operation is being launched in anticipation of the arrival of the Tropical Cyclone (TC) Belna, which is currently a Category 3 Topical Storm, as it tracks down southwest across…

HIGHLIGHTS Tropical Cyclone Belna is expected to make landfall in Soalala district in the west of Madagascar on the afternoon of 9 December. Strong winds and torrential rainfall are already affecting the north-west of Madagascar and Mayotte island. The…

Tropical Cyclone BELNA continued moving south over the Mozambique Channel passing between the Glorioso Islands and Mayotte, with maximum sustained winds up to 165 km/h. On 9 December at 6:00 UTC, its centre was located approximately…

Tropical cyclone AMBALI (Cat 1) that formed over the south-western Indian Ocean has lost wind strength in the last hours. On 7 December at 07:00 UTC AMBALI was moving south-west direction with a speed of 11…

HIGHLIGHTS • Two tropical weather systems are strengthening in the Indian Ocean, near Madagascar. • Tropical Cyclone Ambali could approach Reunion Island and Mauritius this weekend or early next week. • Tropical Storm Belna is moving towards the north-east…

Tropical cyclone BELNA is strengthening as it moves southwest towards the Mozambique Channel. On 6 December at 6.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 470 km north of the northern coast of Madagascar with maximum sustained winds…

Tropical Cyclone TWO formed over the southern Indian Ocean on 1 December, moving south-west towards Madagascar. On 5 December at 6.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 550 km north of the northern coast of Madagascar, with…

Total people in need 2 million Total children (<18) in need 1.1 million Total people to be reached 441,000 Total children to be reached 341,000 2020 programme targets Nutrition 16,000 children under 5 years with SAM admitted to treatment services Health 241,000 children aged…