Four people a reported to have died in Madagascar cyclone Freddy made landfall on its East Coast it's the second Cyclone to hit the island this year after January's devastating Cyclone chains which killed 33 people and left 30 000 homeless Freddie's been developing across six and a half thousand kilometers of Indian Ocean for weeks now taking its time but it's here now bringing Winds of more than 150 kilometers per hour as it travels across the Madagascar land mass it will weaken but not for long it'll strengthen again across the waters to Mozambique by Friday.
The Africa Health correspondent Dorcas Wangari is in the capital and Tanana Reeve with the latest around 8 PM local time this one was in the areas that had already been predicted and what was richness was the heavy intense rainfall and very strong winds that we've seen roofs used or Rift of houses roofs liftoffs stadium in the bubble Valley region where the Cyclone trust struck what we understand is that the Cyclone has weakened it's now a severe tropical storm and it's heading Southwest across Madagascar and what authorities are insisting that their lives are still on in the image as have been announced before and people continue to seek shelter
How prepared has Madagascar been for the arrival of Freddie given that it was developing for some time and that there was a previous Cyclone which had caused a lot of damage?
Well, this show compared to last year even from What We Gather from the people we've spoken to and the authorities there has been a better level of preparedness when the Salat was given over the weekend last weekend while there has been an aggressive messaging on social media on TV by people moving with uh speaker phones telling people to be prepared for this Cyclone besides just the state we've also seen humanitarian agencies like MSF the United Nations save the children assist the effort where we have we've had the shoulders we've had food stocks for people who will come to this shelters in the wake of the Cyclone but most importantly it's the measures that people have been given for example just fortifying their roofs their doors are having enough food turning off electricity when it's not needed but what we have seen even with the intensity of this Cyclone now a psychiatrical storm is that people have been better prepared.