At least 52 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar on 10 February, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday, citing the authorities.
According to government reports, more than 800 people have been injured and nine remain missing.
The Cyclone has caused widespread damage: more than 470,000 people have been affected and over 35,000 people continue to be displaced.
Combined with the impact of Tropical Cyclone Fytia, which made landfall on 31 January, the total number of people affected by the two cyclones exceeds 680,000.
UN provides support
In a positive forecast, Cyclone Gezani is expected to gradually weaken over the coming days.
Following aerial assessments over Madagascar, it is estimated that some $49 million is urgently required to support 382,000 people over the next two and a half months.
At the Government's request, UN agencies deployed additional teams to strengthen coordination. The Southern African Development Community and the European Union also deployed teams on Monday.
The UN and its partners thanked donors and Member States that have demonstrated solidarity with the people of Madagascar in funding lifesaving food, water and sanitation, healthcare, protection, nutrition and shelter, among other essential services to Madagascans in need.
Medical evacuations from Gaza continue in 'limited numbers', UN Humanitarians report
Since Monday, 55 patients and 72 companions have been medically evacuated from Gaza, according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and partners. Three quarters of evacuations took place at the Rafah crossing and one quarter through Kerem Shalom.
Since the re-opening of the Rafah crossing this month, nearly 260 patients have been evacuated through the two routes. However, the number of people who require treatment that cannot be procured in Gaza remains high at 18,500.
While WHO continues to call for the re-opening of the medical referral route to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, their priority is to scale up local health services and rehabilitate damaged facilities to reduce the need for evacuations.
Food and Agriculture assistance
Meanwhile, more than 1,800 metric tonnes of animal feed and over 2,300 veterinary kits have been distributed in the past four months to livestock holders in Gaza, according to the UN's agency for Food and Agriculture ( FAO ).
The war in Gaza has led to widespread destruction of agricultural infrastructure. Between October 2023 and November 2025, livestock survival rates dropped to 33 per cent for goats and 20 per cent for sheep, while about 37 per cent of cropland is now accessible for cultivation.
The UN aid coordination office OCHA has reemphasised the increased entry of a wide range of humanitarian supplies and equipment and to operate unimpeded to ensure the needs of the people in Gaza are met.
UN mourns civil rights giant Rev. Jesse Jackson
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed sadness over the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a giant of the civil rights movement in the United States and a longtime champion of human rights, equality and justice around the world who passed away on Tuesday aged 84.
"Reverend Jackson lent his powerful voice to the UN's work against racism, against apartheid and for human rights", Stéphane Dujarric, the Spokesman for the Secretary-General told reporters in New York.
The Secretary-General extended his deepest condolences to his family, his loved ones, his friends, as well as the Government and the people of the United States.
Jesse Jackson at the United Nations Headquarters
In a visit to the United Nations in March 2018, Rev. Jackson spoke at an event marking the contributions of people of African Descent worldwide and said racial idolatry "manifests itself in so many ways, even in our politics".
Speaking to UN News, the civil rights leader said that "it must be a massive global coalition of conscience" to eliminate racial discrimination.
"We've globalized capital, we've globalized technology […] We must now globalize human rights: workers' rights; women's rights; children's rights; and environmental security. We must globalize all the values that make life 'life,' for everybody."
