Tropical Storm Freddy was located 205 km south-west of Toliara.

Average wind speeds are estimated at 130 km/h, with local gusts of 180 km/h. It is moving slowly to the north-west at 9 km/h. These storms occur mainly at sea and along the coastal areas of Toliara and Betioky Atsimo. Heavy rains (50/90 mm) will decrease in the region of Atsimo Andrefana. Sea conditions will continue to worsen along the western, south-western, and southern coastlines.

• According to the latest BNGRC report, the return of Freddy on the west coast has caused 8 deaths (including a one-year-old child in Andranovory following the collapse of a house and a two-year old child in Morombe). Furthermore, 40,375 people, i.e., 8,896 households in three regions (Atsimo, Andrefana and Menabe) are affected. A total of 14,502 persons are displaced. Furthermore, 3,649 huts are flooded, and 1,008 huts are destroyed.

• Tropical Cyclone Freddy has impacted around 241,000 persons in Madagascar.

• Results of the rapid multisector assessment (led by BNGRC and OCHA) estimates that 226,000 people were affected by the first hit of the Tropical Cyclone Freddy in the Vatovavy region, including 15,600 households (78,000 people) in Manjary, Nosy Varika and Ifanadiana districts facing immediate food insecurity. This number is in addition to the 874,000 food insecure people projected for this period in the November 2022 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis – a crisis that has continued since last year’s cyclone season.

• Tropical Storm Freddy has become one of the longest-tracked tropical systems of all time.

• Agriculture production and other livelihoods have been destroyed which could result in a rapid deterioration of the food security situation in the coming weeks if aid is not provided. The affected households are in need of food assistance as well as livelihood support to salvage the agricultural season, including for corn, beans, Bambara peas, market gardening.

Source: World Food Programme