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 by Staff Writers Antananarivo (AFP) March 14, 2017
A cyclone that slammed into Madagascar last week killed 78 people and affected 400,000, the authorities said on Tuesday as they classed the event a national disaster. A quarter of a million of people were displaced from their homes, 18 are listed as missing and 250 as injured, the National Bureau for Risk and Catastrophe Management (BNGRC) said in a statement. A previous toll, released on Saturday, gave at least 50 people dead and 176,000 affected. Storm Enawo slammed into the northeast of the island on March 7, packing gusts of up to 290 kilometres (180 miles) per hour and delivering drenching rain. It then moved southwards, its winds weakening, before hitting the capital. The cyclone was the most powerful to strike the island since 2012, according to the Red Cross. The storm hit just as the island was grappling with an intense drought that forced up the price of rice and worsened food insecurity, especially in the south.
Cyclone kills 50, affects 176,000 in MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) March 11, 2017 Cyclone Enawo killed at least 50 people and affected 176,000 people after it hit Madagascar earlier this week, the national disaster management agency said Saturday, with thousands forced into emergency shelters. The toll issued by the head of the BNGRC agency Thierry Venty was significantly higher than the earlier estimate of just four deaths and 10,000 people displaced issued on Thursday. ... read more Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters When the Earth Quakes A world of storm and tempest 
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