Tropical storm kills 37 in Madagascar, Mozambique
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- 26 Jan 2022
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The storm, which formed over the east coast of Africa's largest island Madagascar, has brought heavy rains causing flooding and mudslides in the capital Antananarivo.
The latest report from Madagascar's disaster management agency on Tuesday showed that 34 people have died and nearly 65,000 have been left homeless since last week.
Several low-lying districts of the capital remain under high alert and emergency evacuations were launched overnight.
"We are in the process of evacuating people from flooded areas," John Razafimandimby, rescue unit director in the disaster management agency, told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Across the Indian Ocean, the storm made landfall on mainland Africa on Monday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds in Mozambique's central and northern districts.
Mozambican officials on Tuesday said three people were killed, with at least 66 others injured.
More than 3,800 people have so far been affected while a clinic and 16 school classrooms were destroyed overnight, according to the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management.
The United Nations anticipates the storm will cause widespread flooding, uproot people and damage infrastructure.
The storm will potentially affect "highly vulnerable populations who have already suffered from previous natural disasters and conflict in northern Mozambique," the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an update. Read More…
