Overview
- Madagascar’s disaster agency reports 59 dead, 16,428 displaced, 15 missing, 804 injured and 423,986 affected following the Feb. 10 landfall.
- Authorities detail severe destruction in Toamasina, with roughly 75–80% of the city damaged, electricity at about 5%, no running water, and about 25,000 homes destroyed and 27,000 flooded.
- The weather system has curved back over the Mozambique Channel, with a red alert for Ampanihy as forecasters expect a pass about 100 km offshore with roughly 65 km/h winds and limited rainfall.
- Mozambique confirms at least four deaths in Inhambane and more than 13,000 power outages after high winds and rough seas linked to Gezani.
- The government declared a national emergency with an estimated $142 million in damage as WFP, UNICEF and international partners ramp up assistance and warn of escalating sanitation and disease risks.