Madagascar has the highest cyclone risk among African countries, with an average of three to four cyclones affecting the country every year. The cyclone season runs between November–March in Madagascar. As of 13 March of this year, an estimated 960,000 people have been affected by tropical cyclones and storms, and 206 deaths were reported. In the span of six weeks, Madagascar has been hit by five storms and tropical cyclones that have caused considerable damage. The cyclone season left people in need of health, water, housing, hygiene, and sanitation services. Floods affected 60,000 hectares of rice fields, which will result in a below-average harvest in May, negatively impacting both the farmers’ livelihoods and food insecurity levels in the country.

More than 80 people disappeared and are sheltering in evacuation centers in Toliara city. About 80% of people in Africa depend on agriculture, but their livelihoods have been disrupted every year because of these severe cyclone seasons, which followed two years of extreme drought. Tropical Cyclone EMNATI-22 had a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population, and vulnerability. Several roads have been cut-off by flooding, fallen trees, or landslides, particularly in the districts of Madagascar. This weather system has already weakened as it crosses land, bringing heavy rain and winds to the southeast of Madagascar, which includes the Grand Sud region which has been suffering from an extremely severe drought.