Madagascar: Severe Weather

 Madagascar: Severe Weather

Madagascar does experience numerous amounts of severe weather. Thunderstorms are very common during the rainy season in the central highlands. Lightning is considered a critical hazard. The capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, obtains an average of 1.4 meters of rainfall between the months of November and April. That is a total of five whole months. The bare season is enjoyable and sunlit, although it can be cool in the mornings.



Madagascar has experienced five storms in two months. Between the months of January and March, more than 200 hundred lives were lost. Families lost their homes, food, drinking water, basic necessities following each storm. There is another issue that an individual wouldn’t consider as severe. The north and eastern regions of the country have conquered flooding and heavy rains. The south has been encountering the worst drought in forty years. Roughly 1.5 million people in the domain are now dangerously food insecure. The community relies heavily on livelihood agriculture and rain-fed crops. The drought deeply impacts on their food security. The price of water has dramatically increased between the years 2018 and 2021. Some families have declared eating dirt or boiling strips of leather just to get by. Pregnant women are in menace because the alarming lack of food is a heightened risk of malnutrition. This can result in developmental complications. Madagascar does experience severe weather that can impact the continent. It can lead to severe scarcity of food and water, etc.

References:

  1. Madagascar | The humanitarian impact of climate change - HI (hi-us.org)

  2. Climate in MADAGASCAR (wildmadagascar.org)


Comments

  1. Selene HernandezApril 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM

    Hi Sabrina!
    I was unaware that Madagascar had so many storms especially such intense ones back to back. And with the storms causing flooding as well despite the drought they are experiencing. I had no idea these extreme conditions caused so many issues for Madagascar specifically they lack of food and water. Overall I found your post very insightful, thank you for sharing!

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