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What happened, where and when?
On March 27, 2024, Tropical Cyclone Gamane made landfall in Madagascar early in the morning, with an estimated average wind speed of 150 km/h with gusts of up to 210 km/h. The cyclone hit the commune of Ampisikinana in the Vohémar district of the SAVA region. The cyclone's path caused bad weather in three regions of northern Madagascar: Sava, Diana and Analanjirofo. Since landfall, these areas, including SAVA, Analanjirofo and parts of the Diana region, had experienced heavy rains, causing flooding in towns and villages. In the SAVA region, all the fokontany of the Urban Commune (CU) of Sambava, as well as the Rural Communes (CR) of Ambinanitelo and Andranofotsy in the district of Maroantsetra, were flooded. Reports from agencies, authorities and partners indicated continuous flooding that affected parts of the SAVA region, including the towns of Antalaha, Sambava and Vohémar.
As of March 28th, 2024, the provisional assessment shared by the National Office for Disaster Risk Management reported 3 people missing, 36,934 people affected (including 19,192 displaced), 14 deaths, 6,757 flooded houses and several other infrastructures impacted. Information was very limited due to the bad weather and the difficulties of access resulting from this situation.
Immediately, the Government, the Malagasy Red Cross and their partners began to collect information on the situation after the passage of Tropical Cyclone GAMANE. Access to the affected areas was difficult and data collection was ongoing.
As of April 2, the latest report of the National Bureau for Disaster Risk Reduction (BNGRC), the Bulletin n°7 was produced.