UNITED NATIONS£¬ March 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations and its partners in Madagascar are working with the government's office of national disaster and risk management to respond to the immediate humanitarian needs following tropical cyclone Enawo£¬ a UN spokesman said here Tuesday.

Tropical cyclone Enawo is the most powerful storm in 13 years.

""UN agencies have scaled up their presence to support the government in responding to the potentially devastating humanitarian impacts of this natural disaster which struck the island today£¬"" the deputy UN spokesman£¬ Farhan Haq£¬ said at a daily news briefing here.

About 760£¬000 people are likely to be directly affected and nine regions are at high risk of either floods or severe impact of winds.

Tropical cyclone Enawo pushed ashore Tuesday morning in northeastern Madagascar with winds equal to a Category 4 hurricane£¬ reports said.

Aid workers were on alert as the storm lashed the coastline£¬ the reports said£¬ adding that there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Enawo is forecast to rapidly weaken as it drives inland over the mountainous terrain of Madagascar£¬ the reports added.

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It¡¯s a fact that club DJs have known for years, and Nashville record labels and producers are now eagerly working to bring it to the mainstream. Remixing and mashing up songs is nothing new, but country is the latest genre to discover that behind a thumping techno beat sits a lucrative opportunity to breathe a second life into songs by turning them into dance tunes.

The concept has taken off recently, buoyed by the release of ¡°Country Club,¡± an EP from longtime nightclub DJproducer Dee Jay Silver on which two scorned-lover tales (Carrie Underwood¡¯s ¡°Two Black Cadillacs¡± and Dolly Parton¡¯s ¡°Jolene¡±) get spliced together Will Butcher Womens Jersey , while Alabama¡¯s 1983 hit ¡°Dixieland Delight¡± features guest vocals from Southern rap group Nappy Roots.

¡°Country isn¡¯t some slow music about a lonely guy ¡ª it¡¯s party music,¡± said Silver, currently on tour with Jason Aldean as the DJ tasked with getting the crowd hyped before the show. ¡°We¡¯re keeping the music, but just giving you a different way to listen to it.¡±

While pop versions of country songs have been around for years, producers say that blending elements together for a remix presents a different challenge. It¡¯s about adding more accelerated dance beats Nico Hischier Womens Jersey , drums, maybe keyboard and electronic sounds ¡ª every process is different, and sometimes it¡¯s critical to keep the original guitar track and melody to maintain the country root of the song.

The dance mix concept is expanding from country nightclubs to bigger concerts. These days, the Rascal Flatts tour features a group called the ¡°Dance Y¡¯All¡± country crew consisting of dancers who get down to amped-up songs between acts; Miranda Lambert enlists a trio, Jukebox Mafia Marcus Johansson Jersey , to entertain the crowd with beatboxed remixes of country hits before she goes on stage.

Among those not surprised by this trend is DJ DU, who just celebrated his first commercial release, an electronic dance remix of ¡°Little Umbrellas¡± by up-and-coming Nashville singer Sarah Darling.

¡°With the younger generation, there¡¯s such a big trend toward the hip-hop and EDM and dance music markets,¡± DJ DU said. ¡°I¡¯ve noticed as much as people want to two-step and waltz all night Jesper Bratt Jersey , there¡¯s a lot of people who just want to shake it. If you can combine them both together and make a party out of that, I think that has a great future.¡±

Scott Borchetta, president and CEO of the Big Machine Label Group, says the growth of dance-heavy music is a natural progression with the emergence of younger artists coming up through the ranks, and their diverse musical influences.

¡°When you look at the current crop of country singers who are getting traction the last couple of years Miles Wood Jersey , they grew up listening to hip-hop as well as country. It¡¯s coming out in their music because it¡¯s in their DNA,¡± Borchetta said. ¡°Look at Florida Georgia Line ¡ª you listen to the cadence of a lot of their melodies, and there¡¯s a natural hip-hop element to that.¡±

Florida Georgia Line, of course, is the new duo who saw the inescapable hit ¡°Cruise¡± become even bigger this year with a remixed version featuring rapper Nelly. Likewise Brian Gibbons Jersey , Jason Aldean¡¯s ¡°Dirt Road Anthem¡± got a second act on the charts with an appearance from Ludacris.

Both success stories underline another major reason for alternate song versions, beyond just helping people have a great dance party. Average Joe Entertainment CEO and longtime producer Shannon Houchins, whose flagship artist is Colt Ford ¡ª a country rapper who often guests on remixed country tracks ¡ª points out the new track can expand the fan base. Or, as he added: ¡°You just doubled your profit by doing a remix.¡±

Borchetta¡¯s label is behind the ¡°Dance Y¡¯All¡± project,

which features the new single ¡°Two Step Pavel Zacha Jersey ,¡± a song from Laura Bell Bundy with a rap by Ford that¡¯s heading to radio on Aug. 19. Bundy, a Broadway performer-turned-country singer who appears on the Rascal Flatts tour to perform the song, says it¡¯s amazing to watch the reaction when the ¡°Dance Y¡¯All¡± troupe shows up.

¡°What the remix is doing is allowing people to freestyle to country music,¡± Bundy said. ¡°It doesn¡¯t require a line dance, it doesn¡¯t require a partner dance Cory Schneider Jersey , and it adds a beat. It has much more of a party vibe to it .?.?. and it¡¯s widening the genre a little bit.¡±

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