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Published on 2024-03-04 02:45:00
The weather in Madagascar will be affected by a tropical depression. A tropical disturbance will affect Madagascar, bringing heavy rains. The regions of Sava and Diana are on alert. A tropical disturbance is expected to cross Madagascar from the northeast to the northwest. It should reach Vohemar on Sunday night and head towards the Diana region in the northwest, according to yesterday’s weather forecasts. The district where this tropical disturbance will exit to sea on Monday, March 4, is not yet determined. According to other forecasts, the system may affect the West. Once at sea, in the Mozambique Channel, it will follow a path to the southwest, along the northwest coast of the island. In the night from Monday to Tuesday, the system will circulate over or near Cape Saint-André, according to cycloneoi.com. The rains brought by this system began to affect the northeast and east-central regions yesterday around 8 p.m. “We have been raising awareness among the population since this morning (editor’s note: yesterday morning). Those living in flood-prone areas or in precarious housing have been asked to leave. The aim is to avoid any accidents or deaths,” said the Gendarmerie in the Vohemar district. Flood risks This system is expected to bring heavy rains, sometimes thunderstorms, ranging from 50 to 120 mm in 24 hours, in the North, Northeast, East-Central, and Northwest regions during its passage, according to Météo Madagascar. Therefore, strong rainfall warnings are in effect in the regions of Analanjirofo, Atsinanana, Alaotra Mangoro, Sofia, Boeny, Melaky, and Betsiboka, yesterday and today. Météo Madagascar has reported risks of widespread flooding, water stagnation, landslides, and road hazards in vulnerable and exposed districts. Thunderstorms are also expected in other regions. “The North sector flow will strengthen on the island with the presence of the cyclonic disturbance in the Mozambique Channel, once at sea. The atmosphere will be conducive to locally stormy showers over most of Madagascar, except in the Northeast and Southeast on Tuesday, and in the North on Wednesday,” reads the short-term forecast bulletin prepared by the General Directorate of Meteorology. The center of the tropical disturbance in the Indian Ocean was positioned 145 km northeast of Vohemar yesterday at 3 p.m. It was moving west-southwest at 15 km/h. The average wind was estimated at 45 km/h with local gusts of 65 km/h in storms. Miangaly Ralitera.
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