What is Cyclone Batsirai?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Basin = SWI | Year = 2022 | Name = Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai | Type = tropical cyclone | Image location = Batsirai 2022-02-02 0956Z.jpg | Image name = Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai northwest of Mauritius on 2 February. | Formed = 24 January 2022 | Dissipated = 11 February 2022 | 10-min winds = 105 | 1-min winds = 125 | Remnant low = 7 February | Pressure = 934 | Fatalities = 22 total <!-- 20 in Madagascar, 2 in Mauritius --> | Damages = Unknown | Areas = [[Mauritius]], [[Réunion]], [[Madagascar]] | Hurricane season = [[2021–22 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season]] }} '''Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai''' was a powerful [[tropical cyclone]] that hit [[Madagascar]]. Batsirai formed on 24 January 2022. It became a moderate tropical storm on 27 January, after which it became an intense tropical cyclone. 20 deaths have been reported in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madagascar - Tropical cyclone BATSIRAI, update (DG ECHO, GDACS, JTWC, BNGRC, MeteoMadagascar, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 February 2022) - Madagascar|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-tropical-cyclone-batsirai-update-dg-echo-gdacs-jtwc-bngrc|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220207143917/https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-tropical-cyclone-batsirai-update-dg-echo-gdacs-jtwc-bngrc|archive-date=2022-02-07|access-date=2022-02-07|website=ReliefWeb|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{hist-stub}} [[Category:2022 disasters in Africa]] [[Category:February 2022 events]] [[Category:2020s in Madagascar]] [[Category:2022 in weather|Batsirai]] [[Category:Mauritius]] [[Category:Réunion]]