Storm Enawo may have already left Madagascar, but the tragedy it has left was tagged to be the third-most strongest cyclone to ever hit the country in a span of a decade. As it arrives on Wednesday morning, strong winds and heavy rainfall were already felt over north-eastern part of Madagascar within the next six hours. It was reported to have made a total of 500 mm rainfall as it goes around the areas of the Indian Ocean.

After the devastating event, Storm Enawo has left a total of five dead and almost 10,000 people displaced based on reports from BBC News. The storm which came in Antananarivo, the city of Madagascar was categorized as Category four at 11 a.m. Wednesday as it nears the northern part of Madagascar. Power outages in the area due to down power lines were also reported as a result of the severe storm with winds from 130-156 miles (209-251 kilometers) per hour.

As expected, the Storm Enawo with a predicted rainfall of more than 16 inches (406 millimeters) had a strong impact as reported by Bloomberg. Strong rains with winds will most likely produce large storm surge as explained by Jeff Masters of the Weather Underground. Unfortunately, Madagascar is also one of the ten countries at risk from the effects of global warming as Storm Enawo proves how disasters are already man-made.

Although Storm Enawo has weakened upon its landfall, some areas of Madagascar were already on red alert come Wednesday morning. It is still expected to affect the area until it goes out of the island by Friday. However, with this catastrophe, their industry might be at risk and may increase the prices of vanilla. Madagascar has been known to produce and export almost 60 percent of the total market share of vanilla bean which is widely used as a culinary ingredient.

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