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tinmenace
04-04-2007, 02:23 PM
Anyone else hear of this?

JOHANNESBURG, 3 April 2007 (IRIN) - As the sixth mayor cyclone to hit Madagascar this season tears across the northeast of the impoverished Indian ocean island, a relentless succession of natural disasters has left nearly half a million people in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.

Tropical cyclone Jaya made landfall on Madagascar's northeastern coast today on a projected trajectory that will see it rage through areas already devastated by cyclone Indlala just over two weeks ago.

"This is the worst cyclone season in the recorded history of the country," Dusan Zupka, the Senior Emergency Coordination Officer assigned to Madagascar by the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva, told IRIN.

http://jkn.com/View?j=790022.143748485361

thoth
04-04-2007, 03:29 PM
Looks as if Dr. Mindbender is playing with his weather dominator again!

lumukanda
04-04-2007, 03:34 PM
this is something i have been watching for a while now, it's also affecting mozambique, a country i have a lot of love for.
about 2 weeks ago, there was also a huge spring tide, combined with a huge storm out in the indian ocean, which caused havoc and destruction on africa's west coast, a beach lodge in mozambique i visited last easter weekend is just gone, or most of it anyway, the waves just kept coming.
add to that that the americans are predicting a huge hurricane season is coming, interesting times.