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The strong winds of the cyclone that hit the land of the island country on Saturday night ended the lives of six people. In addition, it caused extensive damage by leveling roofs, felling trees, and causing power outages and flooding. Although the intensity has decreased and it should leave soon, there are fears about the consequences that it may leave in a country that is still recovering from a similar event that occurred in mid-January.
Madagascar is going through complicated hours due to the arrival of Cyclone Batsirai, which struck with strong winds that caused a significant amount of material damage and includes the lives of at least six people, three of whom perished due to the collapse of their own house in Ambalavao, according to public radio.
Faly Aritiana Fabien, an official from the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management, confirmed that, 90 minutes after the arrival of the cyclone, the authorities registered around 27,000 people who had left their homes in search of refuge, thus arriving to the 48 thousand displaced civilians. This office had set up accommodation sites with medicine and food.
The cyclone, which during its stay in the Indian Ocean increased its strength and reached ferocious winds of 165 km / h, after making landfall the wind speed decreased to 50 km / h, the national meteorological agency said. “Batsirai should go out to sea in the Mozambique Channel at the level of the northern part of Atsimo Andrefana on Sunday afternoon or the following night,” Meteo-Madagascar said.
However, despite the fact that the worst moment of Batsirai has been left behind after it lost power, the authorities still express concern about the floods that can be generated by the incessant rains.
The cyclone flattened houses, roofs and caused power outages. It hit the east coast of the country on Saturday night in the Mananjary district along with powerful winds – gusting to 235 km/h – and torrential storms that forced residents to load roofs with bags of sand or corrugated iron so that their roofs are not displaced.
One of the most damaged regions was the coastal Nosy Varika, where many of the buildings were destroyed and the city was isolated by floods, a local official reported on Sunday.
The UN World Food Program pointed out that national authorities estimate that more than half a million people would be directly affected by the passage of Batsirai; while there would be another 150,000 displaced victims due to consequences such as landslides and flooding.
Relief actions have been accelerated to quickly reach a country also affected by a food crisis due to droughts that eroded livestock and agriculture. Search and rescue teams are on standby, stockpiles of supplies ready to intervene in humanitarian response.
Madagascar suffers another climate crisis just two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Ana, which claimed the lives of 55 people, affected 110,000 on the island and also caused damage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, raising the number of victims to a hundred.
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The strong winds of the cyclone that hit the land of the island country on Saturday night ended the lives of six people. In addition, it caused extensive damage by leveling roofs, felling trees, and causing power outages and flooding. Although the intensity has decreased and it should leave soon, there are fears about the consequences that it may leave in a country that is still recovering from a similar event that occurred in mid-January.
Madagascar is going through complicated hours due to the arrival of Cyclone Batsirai, which struck with strong winds that caused a significant amount of material damage and includes the lives of at least six people, three of whom perished due to the collapse of their own house in Ambalavao, according to public radio.
Faly Aritiana Fabien, an official from the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management, confirmed that, 90 minutes after the arrival of the cyclone, the authorities registered around 27,000 people who had left their homes in search of refuge, thus arriving to the 48 thousand displaced civilians. This office had set up accommodation sites with medicine and food.
The cyclone, which during its stay in the Indian Ocean increased its strength and reached ferocious winds of 165 km / h, after making landfall the wind speed decreased to 50 km / h, the national meteorological agency said. “Batsirai should go out to sea in the Mozambique Channel at the level of the northern part of Atsimo Andrefana on Sunday afternoon or the following night,” Meteo-Madagascar said.
However, despite the fact that the worst moment of Batsirai has been left behind after it lost power, the authorities still express concern about the floods that can be generated by the incessant rains.
The cyclone flattened houses, roofs and caused power outages. It hit the east coast of the country on Saturday night in the Mananjary district along with powerful winds – gusting to 235 km/h – and torrential storms that forced residents to load roofs with bags of sand or corrugated iron so that their roofs are not displaced.
One of the most damaged regions was the coastal Nosy Varika, where many of the buildings were destroyed and the city was isolated by floods, a local official reported on Sunday.
The UN World Food Program pointed out that national authorities estimate that more than half a million people would be directly affected by the passage of Batsirai; while there would be another 150,000 displaced victims due to consequences such as landslides and flooding.
Relief actions have been accelerated to quickly reach a country also affected by a food crisis due to droughts that eroded livestock and agriculture. Search and rescue teams are on standby, stockpiles of supplies ready to intervene in humanitarian response.
Madagascar suffers another climate crisis just two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Ana, which claimed the lives of 55 people, affected 110,000 on the island and also caused damage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, raising the number of victims to a hundred.
With AP and Reuters
First modification:
The strong winds of the cyclone that hit the land of the island country on Saturday night ended the lives of six people. In addition, it caused extensive damage by leveling roofs, felling trees, and causing power outages and flooding. Although the intensity has decreased and it should leave soon, there are fears about the consequences that it may leave in a country that is still recovering from a similar event that occurred in mid-January.
Madagascar is going through complicated hours due to the arrival of Cyclone Batsirai, which struck with strong winds that caused a significant amount of material damage and includes the lives of at least six people, three of whom perished due to the collapse of their own house in Ambalavao, according to public radio.
Faly Aritiana Fabien, an official from the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management, confirmed that, 90 minutes after the arrival of the cyclone, the authorities registered around 27,000 people who had left their homes in search of refuge, thus arriving to the 48 thousand displaced civilians. This office had set up accommodation sites with medicine and food.
The cyclone, which during its stay in the Indian Ocean increased its strength and reached ferocious winds of 165 km / h, after making landfall the wind speed decreased to 50 km / h, the national meteorological agency said. “Batsirai should go out to sea in the Mozambique Channel at the level of the northern part of Atsimo Andrefana on Sunday afternoon or the following night,” Meteo-Madagascar said.
However, despite the fact that the worst moment of Batsirai has been left behind after it lost power, the authorities still express concern about the floods that can be generated by the incessant rains.
The cyclone flattened houses, roofs and caused power outages. It hit the east coast of the country on Saturday night in the Mananjary district along with powerful winds – gusting to 235 km/h – and torrential storms that forced residents to load roofs with bags of sand or corrugated iron so that their roofs are not displaced.
One of the most damaged regions was the coastal Nosy Varika, where many of the buildings were destroyed and the city was isolated by floods, a local official reported on Sunday.
The UN World Food Program pointed out that national authorities estimate that more than half a million people would be directly affected by the passage of Batsirai; while there would be another 150,000 displaced victims due to consequences such as landslides and flooding.
Relief actions have been accelerated to quickly reach a country also affected by a food crisis due to droughts that eroded livestock and agriculture. Search and rescue teams are on standby, stockpiles of supplies ready to intervene in humanitarian response.
Madagascar suffers another climate crisis just two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Ana, which claimed the lives of 55 people, affected 110,000 on the island and also caused damage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, raising the number of victims to a hundred.
With AP and Reuters
First modification:
The strong winds of the cyclone that hit the land of the island country on Saturday night ended the lives of six people. In addition, it caused extensive damage by leveling roofs, felling trees, and causing power outages and flooding. Although the intensity has decreased and it should leave soon, there are fears about the consequences that it may leave in a country that is still recovering from a similar event that occurred in mid-January.
Madagascar is going through complicated hours due to the arrival of Cyclone Batsirai, which struck with strong winds that caused a significant amount of material damage and includes the lives of at least six people, three of whom perished due to the collapse of their own house in Ambalavao, according to public radio.
Faly Aritiana Fabien, an official from the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management, confirmed that, 90 minutes after the arrival of the cyclone, the authorities registered around 27,000 people who had left their homes in search of refuge, thus arriving to the 48 thousand displaced civilians. This office had set up accommodation sites with medicine and food.
The cyclone, which during its stay in the Indian Ocean increased its strength and reached ferocious winds of 165 km / h, after making landfall the wind speed decreased to 50 km / h, the national meteorological agency said. “Batsirai should go out to sea in the Mozambique Channel at the level of the northern part of Atsimo Andrefana on Sunday afternoon or the following night,” Meteo-Madagascar said.
However, despite the fact that the worst moment of Batsirai has been left behind after it lost power, the authorities still express concern about the floods that can be generated by the incessant rains.
The cyclone flattened houses, roofs and caused power outages. It hit the east coast of the country on Saturday night in the Mananjary district along with powerful winds – gusting to 235 km/h – and torrential storms that forced residents to load roofs with bags of sand or corrugated iron so that their roofs are not displaced.
One of the most damaged regions was the coastal Nosy Varika, where many of the buildings were destroyed and the city was isolated by floods, a local official reported on Sunday.
The UN World Food Program pointed out that national authorities estimate that more than half a million people would be directly affected by the passage of Batsirai; while there would be another 150,000 displaced victims due to consequences such as landslides and flooding.
Relief actions have been accelerated to quickly reach a country also affected by a food crisis due to droughts that eroded livestock and agriculture. Search and rescue teams are on standby, stockpiles of supplies ready to intervene in humanitarian response.
Madagascar suffers another climate crisis just two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Ana, which claimed the lives of 55 people, affected 110,000 on the island and also caused damage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, raising the number of victims to a hundred.
With AP and Reuters