 On Europa Island in the Mozambique Channel , Haruna produced wind gusts of 144 km / h ( 90 mph ) during the passage of the eyewall . Before the cyclone struck Madagascar , the intertropical convergence zone had caused flooding in the country that killed four people and caused widespread road disruption . Officials prepared by collecting supplies in the capital Antananarivo beginning on February 20 , and sending an emergency crew to the expected landfall location . Residents were evacuated using boats and canoes to shelters . 
