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Cyclone Ana kills 34 People In Madagascar, 2 In Mozambique

A tropical cyclone has killed 34 people in Madagascar and two in Mozambique.

A low-pressure system initially formed over the east coast of Madagascar and evolved into a moderate tropical storm, named Ana, making landfall in Angoche district, Nampula province on Monday.

The storm also affected Malawi.

Madagascar´s Natural Disaster Management Agency said 34 people have died and nearly 65,000 others have been left homeless since the end of last week.

Mozambique´s National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction said the storm killed two people, injured others 66 and partially destroyed 546 houses.

Mozambique´s meteorological institute said that Cyclone Ana had weakened from a moderate tropical storm to a tropical depression.

In recent years, Mozambique has been hit by strong storms and cyclones.

Last year, tropical Chalane storm, which passed through Madagascar and Zimbabwe, also killed seven people in central Mozambique.

Cyclones Idai and Kenneth killed at least 1,000 people in Mozambique between March and April 2019.

The two cyclones were the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in at least two decades.

In Malawi, classes were suspended in all schools and the country´s Electricity Supply Corporation announced that the institution had experienced a system shutdown resulting in power outage in most parts of the country due to the tropical cyclone.

 

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