Update, 9 March, 10.24am SAST: More images are surfacing on social media from Madagascar in the wake of Cyclone Enawo’s landfall.
According to reports, at least five people have died as a result of the storm.
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“36 hours of stress, 24 hours of fear and 8 hours of hell”, @CAREMadagascar colleagues describes the impact of cyclone #Enawo pic.twitter.com/3obLshOoFh
— CARE International (@CAREemergencies) March 9, 2017
Just been out for the first time since #Cyclone #Enawo passed by #Tamatave. Rivers are very high and the road to #Antananarivo is cutoff pic.twitter.com/RL04OyNTAm
— Mike deCoster-Milman (@mike_dc_m) March 9, 2017
Strong winds in the town of Sambava yesterday near the entry-point of Cyclone #Enawo. Video by HI staffer Narindra Ramanana in #Madagascar pic.twitter.com/pfeDAgWAHI
— Handicap Int’l-US (@HI_UnitedStates) March 8, 2017
Contact re-established! Flooded streets of #Maroantsetra after cyclone #Enawo pic.twitter.com/2FIJP9YC2T
— Medair Madagascar (@Medair_MDG) March 8, 2017
A new unnamed tropical cyclone, dubbed 11S, is currently gaining strength in the central Indian Ocean, and is tracking towards Reunion. There’s no reports that the storm will make landfall in Madagascar.
Original article: Indian Ocean cyclones are seemingly enjoying the east coast of Africa this year. After Cyclone Dineo affected much of Mozambique, northern South Africa and Zimbabwe, the next named storm dubbed Enawo is currently barrelling its way down the length of Madagascar.
At its strongest point, Cyclone Enawo boasted maximum sustained winds in excess of 230km/h. After making landfall on Tuesday around 10am SAST, the storm became the most potent to strike the island in 13 years.
Enawo is weakening rapidly, but its track down the spine of the island nation spells the possibility of flooding. This for a country that’s currently dealing with a drought.
Disaster management services and the likes of UNICEF Madagascar took to Twitter, using the hashtag #Enawo to alert users in Madagascar prior to landfall, and across the world about developments.
JUST IN: #Enawo will land in 40 minutes. It is located at 25km in the northern east of Madagascar. Danger warning for many localities
— UNICEF Madagascar (@UNICEFMada) March 7, 2017
Before Enawo struck north-eastern Madagascar, the extent of the potential damage could be visualised by a number of graphs.
#Enawo continues its pathway #Madagascar pic.twitter.com/9RhlQFVeVD
— CARE Madagascar (@CAREMadagascar) March 7, 2017
Cat 4 #Enawo is hammering northern Madagascar. Full update from WU expert Jeff Masters: https://t.co/0gUFA0Z1m6 pic.twitter.com/92QJ9dZdSx
— Weather Underground (@wunderground) March 7, 2017
#Madagascar | Tropical Cyclone #Enawo, mapped.
https://t.co/KPhqZkdmF0 pic.twitter.com/krDZdxd1S3 — EU Humanitarian Aid (@eu_echo) March 6, 2017
Point MF à 22h loc. Le Cyclone #ENAWO s’intensifie. Position:14.0 Sud / 55.1 Est. Dplt: Ouest 7kmh. pic.twitter.com/29Y4gMdbAO — Cyclone Ocean Indien (@Cycloneoi) March 5, 2017
Madagascar: Cyclone Enawo’s destruction captured in pictures, video on social media
Remarkable images of the storm just prior to and after landfall soon appeared on the social network late Tuesday.
La rivière #anjanambo a déjà bien débordé. Vidéo H.Ismaeljee #maroantsetra #Madagascar #cyclone #Enawo pic.twitter.com/IEWMNvmkyN
— Maroantsetra Mada (@Maroantsetra) March 7, 2017
Strong winds and heavy rains all night long in Maroantsetra. River bed has risen 50 cm and is starting to flood the city. Stay tuned! #ENAWO pic.twitter.com/tT3BKFFZT4
— Medair Madagascar (@Medair_MDG) March 7, 2017
Les faubourgs sont déjà bien inondés @Maroantsetra et le centre ville (photo d’une maison) #Enawo @VISOV1 pic.twitter.com/YYgYXzKqKv
— Maroantsetra Mada (@Maroantsetra) March 8, 2017
We appreciate the courage of the head of educational zone of #Maroantsetra who, right after #Enawo checked to see the damage at schools pic.twitter.com/a6VKrKONO1
— UNICEF Madagascar (@UNICEFMada) March 8, 2017
Footage coming out of Madagascar, this piece by Ejaz Anwar of Cyclone ENAWO in full swing as he strikes https://t.co/5zNeyWDpzV #eustorm pic.twitter.com/zuydaJrst4
— #eustorm (@EUStormMap) March 7, 2017
L’océan sur la plage vidéo de I.Goulamhoussen @Maroantsetra #cyclone #Enawo pic.twitter.com/c68Cwr36Kh
— Maroantsetra Mada (@Maroantsetra) March 7, 2017
Montée de la rivière #anjanambo @Maroantsetra #Madagascar #cyclone #enawo photo H.Ismaeljee pic.twitter.com/2Lydz5vX0s
— Maroantsetra Mada (@Maroantsetra) March 7, 2017
#Enawo en direct de Sambava pic.twitter.com/G7P2OqRNLT
— Soa Katrina (@kat_soa) March 7, 2017
Facebook and YouTube were also used by Madagascans to publish videos and images of Enawo’s rage.
The storm is currently positioned over northern Madagascar, and will move south to south-south-east in the coming hours. It’s currently catergorised as “Overland Depression Ex-Enawo”.
Feature image: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team
