Cyclone Enawo
| Intense Tropical Cyclone ( MFR ) | |||
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| Category 4 cyclone ( SSHWS ) | |||
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| Emergence | 2nd March 2017 | ||
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| Lowest air pressure | 925 hPa ( mbar ) | ||
| dead | 5 | ||
| Property damage | Unknown | ||
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Affected areas |
Madagascar , Reunion | ||
| Season overview: cyclone season in the Southwest Indicator 2016-2017 |
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The cyclone Enawo was a start in March 2017 occurred, very strong cyclone in the southwest Indian Ocean. Enawo hit the northeast Malagasy region of SAVA near the coastal city of Antalaha on March 7 . The storm is considered to be the heaviest storm that hit Madagascar since cyclone Gafilo (2004). Thousands of people were left homeless; There were dead and injured. Agriculture in the SAVA region (vanilla, rice) was hit hard after initial assessments.
development
Enawo developed from a tropical depression west of the island of Diego Garcia . On February 26, the development of a tropical storm was estimated at 10–30% within the next five days. On March 2, the low pressure area had developed into a weather disturbance for which a further amplification up to a strong cyclone was forecast for March 7. Accordingly, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. Météo-France upgraded the low pressure fault about 820 km north of Mauritius on March 3 to a tropical storm and named it Enawo . At around 6 p.m. UTC on March 4, conditions were evident that would classify Enawo as a severe tropical storm. The JTWC classified Enawo as a tropical cyclone. It expects a development up to level 3 of the 5-level Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and an impact on the Malagasy coast. On March 5, an increasingly more recognizable eye developed . On March 6, the maximum wind speed had risen to just under 180 km / h and Enawo was upgraded to an intense tropical cyclone. Later in the day 230 km / h (1 minute average) were reached (cyclone level 4).
The following day, Enawo strengthened a little further until morning. With an air pressure of 925 hPa in the center of the cyclone, an increase in the water level of 1–2 meters on the northeast Madagascan coast was expected. At around 9:30 a.m. UTC / 12:30 p.m. local time , the center of the storm hit the coastal strip between Antalah and Sambava near the villages of Ambodipont and Sahana with wind speeds of around 200 km / h . With the landfall, Enawo began to weaken.
Effects
The Malagasy National Office for Risks and Disasters ( Bureau National de Gestion des Risque et des Catastrophes ; BNGRC) and the United Nations Humanitarian Country Team issued a first situation report on the Enawo impacts on March 9th. The report covers March 7th and 8th. The highest level of civil protection was in the regions of Diana, Sofia, Savan Analanjirofo, Atsinanana, Alaotra-Mangoro, Boeny, Betsinoka, and the capital district of Antananarivo on March 9th .
At least seven people were wounded and five were killed by wind, flooding and landslides . However, there was no news from many of the affected regions.
Many buildings in the SAVA region are badly damaged; Substantial damage is also reported to agriculture. The port of Antalaha was inaccessible; it is estimated that half of the homes in the city have been destroyed. The Lohoko River , which flows from the mountains to Sambava, flooded half of the houses in Farahalana parish. Many vanilla- growing farms have been badly hit; Rice fields are flooded.
More than 10,000 people are homeless in the Analanjirofo region. Floods of up to four meters have been reported from Mananara Nord, Maroantsetra, Vavatenina and Soanierana Ivongo. An outbreak of epidemics was feared for the capital.
BNGRC and the UN country team Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) have activated an emergency plan (Multi-Hazard National Contingency Plan 2016/2017). The scope and severity of the humanitarian crisis is worst case scenario. Aid shipments were scheduled for March 10th in the Sava and Analanjirofo regions. The overall coordination of the emergency measures was the responsibility of the BNGRC.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bulletin for Cyclonic Activity And Significant Tropical Weather in the Southwest Indian Ocean . Météo-France. February 26, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Zone of Disturbed Weather 6 Warning Number: 1/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 2, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert . Joint Typhoon Warning Center. March 2, 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Tropical Disturbance 6 Warning Number: 3/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Moderate Tropical Storm 6 (Enawo) Warning Number: 4/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Severe Tropical Storm 6 (Enawo) Warning Number: 10/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 4, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Tropical Cyclone 09S (Enawo) Warning No. 004 . Joint Typhoon Warning Center. March 4, 2017. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Tropical Cyclone 6 (Enawo) Warning Number: 13/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Intense Tropical Cyclone 6 (Enawo) Warning Number: 17/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Tropical Cyclone 09S (Enawo) Warning No. 008 . Joint Typhoon Warning Center. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Intense Tropical Cyclone 6 (Enawo) Warning Number: 20/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Intense Tropical Cyclone 6 (Enawo) Warning Number: 21/6/20162017 . Météo-France. March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ↑ Madagascar: Cyclone Enawo Situation Report: No. 1 March 9, 2017 . Bureau National de Gestion des Risque et des Catastrophes and Humanitarian Country Team Madagascar, United Nations . March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.