Cyclone Batsirai weakened overnight but floods were still expected due to heavy rain after it hit eastern Madagascar with strong winds, the island’s meteorological office said Sunday. “Batsirai has weakened,” Meteo Madagascar said, adding that the cyclone’s average wind speed had almost halved to 80 kilometres per hour (50 miles per hour), while the … Continue reading Cyclone Batsirai Weakens After Hitting Madagascar, Floods Feared
A man reinforces the roof of his house with sandbags before the arrival of cyclone Batsirai expected to hit the east coast of Madagascar in the coming hours in Vatomandry on 5 February 2022. Cyclone Batsirai weakened overnight but floods were still expected due to heavy rain after it hit eastern Madagascar with strong winds, the island’s meteorological office said Sunday.
But “localised or generalised floods are still feared following the heavy rains,” it said, adding that Batsirai should emerge at sea in the Mozambique Channel later Sunday. He said his office has accommodation sites, food and medical care ready for victims, as well as search and rescue plans already in place.The Meteo-France weather service had earlier predicted Batsirai would present “a very serious threat” to Madagascar, after passing Mauritius and drenching the French island of La Reunion with torrential rain for two days.
“We have been stocking up for a week, rice but also grains because with the electricity cuts we cannot keep meat or fish,” said Odette Nirina, a 65-year-old hotelier in Vatomandry.Winds of more than 50 kilometres per hour pummelled Vatomandry on Saturday morning, accompanied by intermittent rain.
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