 The storm washed out a bridge over the Rivière Saint-Étienne, connecting Saint-Louis and Saint-Pierre.Later, Gamede brushed the east coast of Madagascar with winds and rainfall, In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, high waves closed beaches, roads, and the port of Port of Durban.The BoM began monitoring a tropical low on February 19 to the northwest of the Cocos Islands.