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Madagascar - Tropical cyclone ELVIS, severe weather (MeteoFrance La Reunion, GDACS, NOAA-CPC, CatNat, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 January 2025)

  • A new tropical cyclone ELVIS formed on 28 January over the Mozambique Channel and passed by the western coast of southern Madagascar on 29 January. The cyclone is moving south-eastwards over the southern-west Indian Ocean.
  • On 30 January at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located approximately 80 km south-west of the south-western coast of Madagascar with maximum sustained winds of 84 km/h (tropical storm).
  • ELVIS is forecast to continue south-east strengthening between 31 January and 1 February, after that it is expected to weaken and dissipate over the South Indian Ocean on 2 February.
  • On 30 and 31 January, heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected over southern Madagascar.
  • In the meanwhile lightning events occurred in Vinanitelo municipality, in the Vohibato district of Haute Matsiatra region, eastern Madagascar, on 26 January, which caused five fatalities and two injured people.