Batsirai made landfall in Mananjary district, more than 530 kilometers southeast of the capital Antananarivo, around 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) Saturday.
I-Batsirai yenze ukunkuphuka komhlabal kwisithili saseMananjary, ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-530 kumazantsi mpuma we-Antananarivo, malunga ngezithuba zo-8 ngorhatya lexesha lendawo (1700 GMT) ngoMgqibelo.