'Scores killed' as storm passes Madagascar

Source: Al Jazeera

Tropical storm Irina left at least 65 people dead, most of them residents in southeast of the island.

Tropical storm Irina has killed at least 65 people in Madagascar, most of them residents of the Ifanadiana district in the southeast of the island, weather authorities say.

Three people were also reported missing, the national bureau of natural catastrophes said on Monday. It did not provide any other details.

Earlier it was reported that only one person had been killed when the storm passed over Madagascar last week before lashing the coasts of South Africa and Mozambique, where at least one person was killed.


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