Tropical Cyclone Freddy Breaks Records before Lashing Madagascar

Around 7:20 p.m. local time on February 21, 2023, Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar 18 miles north of the town of Mananjary. It was the first land the storm encountered after traveling more than 4,000 miles across the Indian Ocean since forming on February 5 near Indonesia. So far, the destructive storm has not only battered the island with a dangerous storm surge, torrential rains, and destructive winds, but it has also killed five people. Prior to reaching Madagascar, the storm also caused some flooding and minor damage on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion as it passed to the north.


Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Meteosat-9 imagery courtesy of EUMETSAT.
Music: “Unraveling” by Maksim Tyutmanov [PRS]; Score Addiction; Universal Production Music