 On March 9, as Hary intensified to the northeast of Madagascar, officials in Antsiranana Province placed the area under a state of alert.The following day, the storm clipped the eastern portion of the province as a Very Intense Tropical Cyclone, with maximum winds estimated at 220 km/h (140 mph).While passing near Île Sainte-Marie, the storm produced a wind gust of , although the storm was weakening and located east of the island at the time.