
Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi - Jan 2025
Disaster description
On 11 January, tropical cyclone DIKELEDI passed over the far northern Madagascar, on the following day it passed south of Mayotte (France) and Comoros. On 13 January at 6.00 UTC its centre was located offshore over the Mozambique Channel, approximately 75 km east of the coast of the Nampula province, northeastern Mozambique, with maximum sustained winds of 137 km/h. Media report, as of 13 January, three fatalities, and around 15,200 displaced people across northern Madagascar. In addition, the Interdepartmental Crisis Management Operational Centre (COGIC) reports approximately 20,000 evacuated people across Mayotte. DIKELEDI is forecast to pass along the coast of the Nampula province on 13 January, with maximum sustained winds up to 155 km/h. After that, it is expected to continue moving southward over the Mozambique Channel on 14-15 January, further strengthening. Over the next 96 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over most of Madagascar. The same conditions are also forecast over the next 48 hours for Mayotte, Comoros, and the central-northern coast of Mozambique. (ECHO, 13 Jan 2025)
After its passage on 11 January over northern Madagascar, national authorities report that the death toll stands at three people, 352 people have been displaced and 5,803 affected across Analanjirofo, Diana and Sava regions, northern Madagascar. DIKELEDI is forecast to move south-east strengthening over the sea and it will pass approximately 200 km west of the south-western coast of Madagascar on 15-16 January strengthening. After that, it will continue over the southern Indian Ocean weakening and dissipating in the sea. On 15-17 January, moderate to heavy rain with locally heavy rainfall is expected across most parts of Madagascar and central-eastern Mozambique while strong winds are forecasted particularly over the western and south-western coast of Madagascar. (ECHO, 15 Jan 2025)
Initial reports indicate that more than 7,000 people have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi in Madagascar. Over 1,000 houses have been damaged, 203 destroyed. Displacement sites have been vacated in the north of Madagascar as the displaced people have returned to their homes as of 15 January. Schools resumed on 13 January in some areas in the north of Madagascar. However, school courses for over 8,000 children have been disrupted as nearly 250 classrooms were damaged or destroyed by winds. The southwest coast of Madagascar, especially Toliara Province, is expected to receive heavy rains, strong winds and experience a dangerous sea state between 15 and 16 January as Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi intensifies. The government and humanitarian partners continue to provide lifesaving assistance to those affected by Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi, while monitoring its trajectory on the southwest coast. (OCHA, 16 Jan 2025)
Following the Initial Rapid Assessments by IOM DTM and INGD, the number of people affected by Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi has increased by 11.8 per cent from 249,787 individuals as of 17 January to 283,334 individuals as of 27 January. The total number of damaged houses is estimated at 80,865 houses including 44,012 partially damaged and 36,853 fully damaged houses, as well as 48 health facilities, 221 schools, 168 places of workshop, and 4,092 Ha of agricultural area. (OCHA, 27 Jan 2025)
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