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Jasmine: Another storm to hit Madagascar, Mozambique
7:19 CAT | 25 Apr 2022
Image: Twitter / @metofficestorms
Madagascar and Mozambique authorities warned Monday of another impending storm.
The two countries, along with their neighbours in southern Africa, have been hit by five cyclones this year alone.
Latest satellite view of Tropical Storm #Jasmine near #Mozambique. Wind speed close to 95 km/h. pic.twitter.com/q0emTCR5Lv
— Zoom Earth (@zoom_earth) April 25, 2022
Severe TS #Jamine is over the #Mozambique Channel & can become a tropical cyclone Tuesday. Jasmine can strike the Toliara province of #Madagascar Wednesday. Heavy rain & gusty winds expected in SW Madagascar Monday night into Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/YiHG3InVaX
— Jason Nicholls (@jnmet) April 25, 2022
According to the World Weather Attribution network, between January and March, three tropical cyclones and two tropical storms hit southern Africa, with 230 people killed and more than one million affected.
Since 2014, southern Madagascar has also been hit by a prolonged drought. During more severe periods, the crisis left over one million people without enough food.
Madagascar confirmed that Jasmin had intensified into a severe tropical storm.
At 10am local time, its centre was positioned about 363km west-northwest of Morombe and could make landfall on Atsimo Andrefana on Tuesday evening, Madagascar’s Natural Disaster Management Agency said Monday.
Strong winds
Mozambique warned the storm could hit the south of Nampula province and the north of Inhambane on Monday.
According to the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM), Jasmin could be characterised by strong winds of up to 100km per hour and gusts of 120km that could generate waves of nine metres.
It was likely to occur at sea with no need for alarm on the mainland, INAM added.
Last week, the World Bank announced the disbursement of $ 415 million to support Madagascar in its post-cyclones recovery strategy.
“A National Recovery Plan was established after the passage of cyclones. We were thus able to discuss this subject of major importance during a meeting with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,” President Andry Rajoelina wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday.
The comments came after the president’s delegation held a meeting with World Bank head David Malpass along with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington.
Tropical Storm #Jasmine, churning in the #Mozambique Channel at the moment, will hit the west coast of #Madagascar with heavy rain on Tuesday.⛈️ pic.twitter.com/GVYwkAuWYa
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) April 25, 2022
Electricity and water
The money will be used mainly to build roads and revive agriculture and improve access to electricity and water, President Rajoelina said, adding that the recovery plan includes projects in priority sectors such as infrastructure, energy, agriculture, social protection, water, housing, education, modernisation of public finance management and health.
A fortnight ago, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said it would disburse $46 million to support communities affected by cyclones Idai and Kenneth.
In March and April 2019, cyclones Idai – with its epicentre at the port of the country’s second-largest city, Beira – and Kenneth, hit Mozambique just a few weeks apart.
The two are the worst natural disasters recorded in the country in the last two decades.
The AfDB said the money will support 40,000 families that rely on agriculture until 2023.
Europe’s #Meteosat8 🛰️ is showing us the current imagery of Tropical Cyclone #Jasmine over the Mozambique Channel today.
Get the latest: https://t.co/fHDiQ4yP5Y pic.twitter.com/xg4XgYlaBj
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) April 25, 2022
Tropical Storm #Jasmine is located in the Mozambique Channel and is forecast to make landfall on the west coast of #Madagascar this week, bringing heavy rainfall. pic.twitter.com/4FfGfEexL2
— Met Office Storms (@metofficestorms) April 25, 2022
By Arnaldo Vieira
Source: The Nation
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