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1/17.📜NEW BRIEF:“The Operationalisation of a Fit For Purpose #SantiagoNetwork for #LossAndDamage (#SNLD): An African Perspective”, detailing how the #SNLD must address the needs of those on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis in #Africa.
🔗Get it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/th…
🔗Get it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/th…
2/17. The brief begins by making it clear that #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange in a reality today in many African countries, despite the fact that Africa has contributed less than 4% of total carbon emissions.
3/17. Examples of #LossAndDamage in #Africa include:
1⃣ Tropical storm Ana which struck Malawi at the end of January, causing #flooding that resulted in 46 deaths, 152,786 people being displaced and extensive property destruction.
1⃣ Tropical storm Ana which struck Malawi at the end of January, causing #flooding that resulted in 46 deaths, 152,786 people being displaced and extensive property destruction.
The death toll from #CycloneBatsirai, which moved on from #Madagascar on Monday, has risen to 30, according to an updated count, and could rise further as bodies continue to be found in the rubble of collapsed houses u.afp.com/wYzx
#BREAKING Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 80: new figures
#UPDATE The death toll in Madagascar from Tropical #CycloneBatsirai has risen to 80 since it hit the Indian Ocean island at the weekend, according to official data released Wednesday
#ExtremeWeather Update 7: Madagascar
Whilst #CycloneBatsirai has now passed, Madagascar is not yet out of danger as the South Indian Ocean Cyclone Season remains very active.
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Whilst #CycloneBatsirai has now passed, Madagascar is not yet out of danger as the South Indian Ocean Cyclone Season remains very active.
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Here is a satellite image of #Batsirai as it leaves Madagascar heading due south.
This morning a media briefing from @UNICEF @UNGeneva addressed humanitarian crises in East Africa, many of which are climate related. And included a briefing on Madagascar and its recent storms. media.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k…
Destroyed by storm surge and hurricane force winds. Pictures from the epicenter of Cyclone #Batsirai’s landfall
Another video tweet.
Horrific looking flooding pictures, likely from an area near the Capital where the heaviest rain fell. #CycloneBatsirai
#Batsirai #ExtremeWeather Update Thread 6:
The center of Intense Cyclone Batsirai has nearly completed its crossing of Madagascar but the storm/wind field continues to impact the southern half of the island.
The center of Intense Cyclone Batsirai has nearly completed its crossing of Madagascar but the storm/wind field continues to impact the southern half of the island.
The most intense rainfall was concentrated near the Capital City Antisirabe, the 4th largest city moving slowly. Extreme flooding in this area appears likely. And there were two additional extreme rainfall events in the North and the West of the island, fueled by the storm.
We see in this image that the eye of the storm (with its most damaging winds) remained intact for several hours after landfall finally losing its structure in the early hours Sunday Morning.
The lightning display as seen in satellite imagery during this period is extraordinary.
The lightning display as seen in satellite imagery during this period is extraordinary.
Cyclone #Batsirai was expected to reach eastern Madagascar on Saturday, posing a "very serious threat" to millions with powerful winds and torrential rains set to batter the large Indian Ocean island u.afp.com/wYwR #CycloneBatsirai
VIDEO: 🇷🇪🇲🇺 A Mauritian oil tanker has run aground on the south coast of #ReunionIsland during heavy weather caused by the passage of #CycloneBatsirai. The 11 sailors on the Tresta Star, which was sailing empty of cargo, were rescued
#UPDATE As #CycloneBatsirai neared eastern #Madagascar on Saturday people sought shelter in more secure concrete buildings while others reinforced their roofs with sandbags. The Meteo-France weather service has warned of winds of up to 260 kph (162mph) u.afp.com/wYwR
Update Thread:
#ExtremeWeather #Madagascar #Batsirai #CycloneBatsirai
Intense Cyclone Batsirai has strengthened rapidly and grown significantly larger. It has now passed Mauritius and its outer bands are now over Reunion.
#ExtremeWeather #Madagascar #Batsirai #CycloneBatsirai
Intense Cyclone Batsirai has strengthened rapidly and grown significantly larger. It has now passed Mauritius and its outer bands are now over Reunion.
Madagascar is 1000kms long top to bottom and #BatsiraiCyclone's outer bands are roughly the same size. With sustained winds of over 113 knots the storm is now the equivalent of a Category 4 Major Hurricane.
The JTWC's latest forecast track update #13 shows the storm maintaining very intense cyclone intensity up to landfall (of the eyewall - maximum strength winds) in the morning on Saturday. Rain and high winds will arrive on Friday.
#ExtremeWeather Alert Thread
Cyclone Batsirai is heading towards Madagascar, hot on the heels of Storm Ana which has brought fatal flooding and massive damage to both Madagascar and SE Africa, Mozambique - Malawi & Zimbabwe.
6 hour animation of the storm this morning.
Cyclone Batsirai is heading towards Madagascar, hot on the heels of Storm Ana which has brought fatal flooding and massive damage to both Madagascar and SE Africa, Mozambique - Malawi & Zimbabwe.
6 hour animation of the storm this morning.
Cyclone #Batsirai is a much more intense storm than Storm Ana, and at present nearly all simulation runs from both the European and US models show a landfall on the East Coast of Madagascar in 4-5 days.
The @USNavy's #JTWC website (metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html) is currently inaccessible from what I can see (possibly due to certificate errors) but this graphic from France Meteo appears to be the current official forecast for #Batsirai.
