• 3 min read A Second Cyclone Slams Madagascar Widespread flooding affected tens of thousands of people after cyclones Fytia and Gezani drenched the island. • NASA Earth Observatory Aqua-MODIS Landsat 8-OLI Cyclones Extreme Weather Floods For the second time in two weeks, a powerful tropical cyclone struck Madagascar. • On January 31,Fytiabattered the remote northwestern coast of the island with destructive winds and torrential rains that displaced thousands of people. • Less than two weeks later,Gezanimade a direct hit on one of the island’s largest cities before sweeping past areas that Fytia had just flooded. • TheMODIS(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’sAquasatellite captured this image of Gezani as it neared Madagascar on February 10, 2026. • At the time, the storm was undergoingrapid intensification.
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- For the second time in two weeks, a powerful tropical cyclone struck Madagascar. On January 31, Fytia battered the remote northwestern coast of the island with destructive winds and torrential rains that displaced thousands of people. Less than two weeks later, Gezani made a direct hit on one of the island’s largest cities before sweeping past areas that Fytia had just flooded. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of Gezani as it neared Madagascar on February 10, 2026. At the time, the storm was undergoing rapid intensification.
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