Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for 10-20252026-26
in Madagascar

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone 10-20252026-26 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001256
Name 10-20252026-26
From - To 06 Feb - 06 Feb
Exposed countries Madagascar
Exposed population 1.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (09 Feb 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Madagascar)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
WMO-RSMC La Réunion 148 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF 68 km/h 0.7 m 343 mm 0.5
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Madagascar - Tropical cyclone 10-20252026 (ECHO 06 Feb 2026)Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:08

  • A tropical storm formed over the South West Indian Ocean, north-east of the coast of eastern Madagascar. On 6 February at 00:00 UTC, its centre was located offshore, approximately 600 km northeast of Mauritius and 1 000 km northeast of Madagascar, with maximum sustained winds of 63 km/h.
  • On the forecast track, the tropical storm is expected to continue moving south-west and then east over the Ocean, passing north of Reunion and Mauritius between 8 and 9 February, strengthening to a Category 3 tropical cyclone, and making landfall over eastern Madagascar on 11 February with maximum sustained winds of 106 km/h.
  • Madagascar was affected by the tropical cyclone FYTIA between 29 January and 4 February, which caused 12 fatalities and 31 480 displaced people.
  • Over the next 72 hours, showers are forecast over Madagascar.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),