After Ana, Cyclone Batsirai washes over Madagascar

Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 29 January 2022 from 04:09:00 to 18:12:54 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 02 February 2022 from 05:03:44 to 06:44:43 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 04 February 2022 from 18:18:16 to 19:00:47 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 06 February 2022 from 19:03:54 to 19:46:25 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, cyclone, precipitation, rain, weather, Madagascar
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (29.01.2022) - Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai became the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Madagascar since 2017.
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Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (02.02.2022) - It reached 1-minute sustained of 230 km/h and a minimum pressure of 934 hPa.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SLSTR (04.02.2022) - Batsirai made landfall in Madagascar early on 5 February, bringing heavy impacts and majorly disrupting power and communication throughout the affected areas.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (27.01.2022) - Thousands of structures were damaged or destroyed, thousands of people remained in temporary shelters.
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Fig. 5 - S1 (08.02.2022) - It has left 112 000 displaced, 124 000 homes destroyed; over 120 people died in Madagascar, 2 in Mauritius.
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Fig. 6 - S1 (11.02.2022) - Batsirai caused the Mauritian oil tanker Tresta Star to run aground off the coast of Reunion Island.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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