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Tropical storm kills 65 in Madagascar
By AFP
NewsCore
March 06, 2012 12:18PM
TROPICAL Storm Irina killed at least 65 people in Madagascar, most
of them residents of the Ifanadiana district in the southeast of
the Indian Ocean island, weather authorities said today.
Three people were also reported missing, according to the national
bureau of natural catastrophes, which 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.
"A tree fell on a house and the roof collapsed" killing an elderly
man in Mozambique's southern Gaza province, said Rita Almeida,
spokeswoman for the national disaster agency.
In the South African city of Durban, beaches were closed as waves
reached three metres, municipal spokesman Thabo Mofokeng said.
Ships were ordered to remain in port.
Irina was the second killer storm of the season. Tropical cyclone
Giovanna left 35 people dead and many more injured.