Madagascar: Tropical storm kills 14

  1. Posted on Sunday 14 March 2010 - 12:15
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    Nangayi Guyson, AfricaNews reporter in Kampala, Uganda
    At least 14 people were killed and nearly 38,000 left homeless when tropical storm Hubert smashed into Madagascar this week, authorities said on Saturday. "So far we have counted 14 dead, two missing and 37 891 homeless on the east coast," the press service of the national emergencies office BNGRC said.
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    Hubert caused torrential rain all week in Madagascar, which only finally stopped on Friday morning.

    "Our main problem now is evacuating victims," a spokesperson for the BNGRC said, adding that 50 tons of rice had been sent to each of the six districts worst affected.

    Hubert was the first cyclone to cause serious damage on the island in the current cyclone season, which began in November and ends in April.

    Last year 24 people were killed in the passage of two cyclones.

    In January and February 2008 cyclones Fame and Ivan killed 97 people.

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