Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone AVA Update</h1> <article> <p>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:53:00 +01:00</p> </article> <article> <h1>Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone AVA Update</h1> <p>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 06:13:00 +01:00</p> <ul> <li>Tropical Cyclone AVA continued moving toward the eastern coast of Madagascar. On 5 January at 00:00 UTC, its centre was located approximately 155 km north-east of Toamasina city with maximum sustained winds of 139 km/h.</li> <li>Over the next 12 hours, it is forecast to continue moving southwest toward eastern coast of Madagascar, slightly strengthening. It could to reach the coast south of Toamasina city on 5 January in the afternoon/evening (UTC) with maximum sustained winds of 155-165 km/h. AVA is then forecast to continue moving south along the eastern coast of the country.</li> <li>Over the next 48 hours, heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge could affect northern and eastern regions.</li> <li>Red alerts (<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;">Meteo Madagascar) </span>are in effect for Analanjirofo, Atsinanana and Alaotra Mangoro regions.</li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone AVA</h1> <p>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 06:08:00 +01:00</p> <ul> <li>A new Tropical Cyclone named AVA formed over southwestern Indian Ocean on 2 January and started moving towards the eastern coast of Madagascar. On 3 January at 00:00 UTC, it was located approximately 450 km northeast of Toamasina city and 670 km northeast of the capital Antananarivo and had maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h (Tropical Storm).</li> <li>AVA is forecast to make landfall near Toamasina city on 5 January early morning (UTC) with maximum sustained winds of 110-120 km/h.</li> <li>Over the next 48 hours, heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge could affect eastern Madagascar.</li> </ul> </article> </main></body></html>