[A-DX] Fw: [BDXC-UK] RNW Madagascar relay off air following cyclone

["Wolfgang Bueschel" <BueschelW@xxxxxx>]

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From: "alan_pennington_dx"
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:05 PM
Subject: [BDXC-UK] RNW Madagascar relay off air following cyclone

> from Media Network blog:
>
> RNW Madagascar off the air following tropical cyclone
> February 14th, 2012 - 18:55 UTC by Andy Sennitt.
>
> Today a category 4 tropical cyclone (Giovanna) crossed the island of 
> Madagascar. The road from the capital city to our relay station is a mud 
> stream right now and lower parts of the Island are flooded. Schools and 
> businesses are closed.
>
> First reports mention a lot of damage. We lost the roofs from two small 
> buildings including the high voltage area. So this forced us to close down 
> the operation this morning completely because of the massive rain showers. 
> Four antennas and two satellite dishes are damaged and need to be 
> repaired. Fortunately the transmitter building was not damaged and luckily 
> none of our team was injured. Also our office in Antananarivo in Ivandry 
> had some damage and we lost our wireless link from the office to the 
> station. Communication with the station is difficult.
>
> Tomorrow at daylight we can exactly assess the damage and start repairing. 
> We expect to be on air with the most important services at 1300 UTC. We've 
> been in contact with all clients. IBB, DWL and Vatican will try to cover 
> from their own sites.
> (Source: Rocus de Joode, RNW Programme Distribution)
>
> Andy Sennitt adds: Tomorrow we hope to publish some photos. This evening I 
> am working on our main website till 2200 UTC so I have no time to prepare 
> them.
>
> http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/rnw-madagascar-off-the-air-following-tropical-cyclone

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