On February 10, 2026, Intense Tropical Cyclone Gezani slammed into Madagascar’s east coast near Toamasina. It brought sustained winds of 180 km/h and terrifying gusts of up to 250 km/h. For a country already reeling from Tropical Cyclone Fytia – which hit just ten days earlier – Gezani is a catastrophic blow.
The scale of the disaster is massive. According to the latest figures from the National Bureau for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC), 424,000 people (over 105,000 households) across 25 districts have been affected. The human toll: 59 lives have been lost, and 804 people are injured.
