Tropical Cyclone ENAWO-17 in Madagascar (2017-03-07)

Activation time (UTC): 2017-03-07 15:00:00

Event time (UTC): 2017-03-07 16:00:00

Event type: Wind storm



Activation reason:

Tropical storm ENAWO-17 has formed in the Southern Indian Ocean north-east of Madagascar. It is moving south-west and is currently foreseen to make landfall early 7 March on the north-eastern coast of Madagascar as a very intense cyclone, with extreme rainfalls and maximum storm surge height of one meter. ENAWO-17 is predicted to have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, the potentially affected population (up to one million people) and their vulnerability.



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