Overview
- Authorities report 59 deaths in Madagascar and 4 in Mozambique, with 804 injured and more than 423,000 people affected in Madagascar as verification continues.
- Madagascar’s BNGRC counts 24,699 houses destroyed, 48,041 damaged, and 25,266 flooded, with 16,428 people displaced and severe disruption in Toamasina.
- Gezani struck near Toamasina on February 10 as a major cyclone after rapid intensification, then re‑intensified over the Mozambique Channel and passed about 15 km offshore of Inhambane on February 14.
- Local officials in Mozambique cite wind gusts near 215 km/h in Inhambane, widespread roof damage, and power losses that left 132,000 customers offline initially and about 17,000 still without supply by February 16.
- International response includes Madagascar’s EU Civil Protection request, EU Copernicus rapid mapping, deployments from France and Luxembourg, and UN CERF funding alongside Red Cross and UNICEF anticipatory actions.