Cyclone Enawo killed 38 people, injured 180 others and displaced 53,000 after it slammed into Madagascar earlier this week, the national disaster management agency said Friday. The toll issued by the BNGRC agency was significantly higher than the earlier estimate of just four deaths and 10,000 people displaced issued on Thursday. More than 32,000 people … Read more
More than 10,000 Madagascans have been forced out of their homes over the past 48 hours as tropical cyclone Enawo battered the island, with the death toll rising to five, officials said Thursday. Parts of the capital Antananarivo were evacuated overnight as torrential rains hit the city. The storm hit land in Madagascar’s remote northeast … Read more
At least four people have been killed by tropical cyclone Enawo in Madagascar, the prime minister said Wednesday, as the storm tracked towards the capital Antananarivo threatening severe flooding. Evacuations were underway in some parts of the city, which was deluged by torrential rains ahead of the cyclone’s forecast arrival overnight. The national meteorology agency … Read more