Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59 as devastation mounts

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Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59 as devastation mounts  The death toll from Cyclone Gezani, which slammed into Madagascar's east coast on February 10, has risen to 59, with 15 people still missing and more than 16,000 displaced, the country's disaster agency announced Monday.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/02/16/madagascar-cyclone-death-toll-rises-to-59-as-devastation-mounts  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Madagascar's tropical storm death toll has risen 259 with more than a dozen people still unaccounted for after Cyclone Jezani

00:09slummed into the island nation last week.

00:12The National Office for Risk and Disaster Management reported Monday that over 16,000 people have been displaced by the

00:20storm waters.

00:22The damage is extensive with some 25,000 homes destroyed, 27,000 others flooded and more than 200 classrooms partially

00:31or completely wrecked.

00:33The World Food Programme warns the scale of destruction is overwhelming with the city running on just 5% of

00:40electricity and no running water.

00:43Jezani made landfall with winds topping 250 km per hour, prompting the government to declare a national emergency.

00:52China and France have sent support while Poplio XIV offered condolences Sunday for a nation struck by two cyclones in

01:01quick succession.

01:02China and France have sent support while Poplio XIV offered condolences Sunday for a nation to receive the new energy.

01:05China and France have sent support while Poplio XIV offered condolences Sunday for a national emergency.

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