Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displaced / Photo: Tsiky SIkonina - AFP
CMSC
0.2600
Zürcher Nachrichten - Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displaced
EUR
-
AED 4.299797
AFN 74.931614
ALL 96.031574
AMD 440.479809
AOA 1073.632019
ARS 1630.923879
AUD 1.658735
AWG 2.110384
AZN 1.991069
BAM 1.957572
BBD 2.356632
BDT 143.793374
BHD 0.441991
BIF 3477.543108
BMD 1.17081
BND 1.491605
BOB 8.084868
BRL 5.951814
BSD 1.170009
BTN 108.01968
BWP 15.698335
BYN 3.415189
BYR 22947.867085
BZD 2.353219
CAD 1.622572
CDF 2692.862132
CHF 0.922241
CLF 0.026918
CLP 1062.884195
CNY 8.028711
CNH 7.989575
COP 4321.376075
CRC 544.269303
CUC 1.17081
CUP 31.026453
CVE 110.364877
CZK 24.380949
DJF 208.360551
DKK 7.472634
DOP 70.751913
DZD 154.895116
EGP 62.392677
ERN 17.562143
ETB 182.71729
FJD 2.590357
FKP 0.884233
GBP 0.868934
GEL 3.137852
GGP 0.884233
GHS 12.881943
GIP 0.884233
GMD 86.055927
GNF 10266.290664
GTQ 8.9511
GYD 244.79212
HKD 9.170184
HNL 31.075122
HRK 7.538722
HTG 153.391609
HUF 375.716879
IDR 19879.175267
ILS 3.601691
IMP 0.884233
INR 108.120574
IQD 1532.787123
IRR 1540639.010301
ISK 143.799546
JEP 0.884233
JMD 184.186683
JOD 0.830104
JPY 185.184012
KES 151.490849
KGS 102.387268
KHR 4687.98221
KMF 499.935712
KPW 1053.715591
KRW 1726.657212
KWD 0.361886
KYD 0.975028
KZT 559.409525
LAK 25810.034579
LBP 104795.918983
LKR 368.813765
LRD 215.285633
LSL 19.207782
LTL 3.457096
LVL 0.708211
LYD 7.42572
MAD 10.885551
MDL 20.148115
MGA 4861.150068
MKD 61.686862
MMK 2458.707556
MNT 4181.642855
MOP 9.439759
MRU 46.500081
MUR 54.747097
MVR 18.089
MWK 2028.840729
MXN 20.374509
MYR 4.655158
MZN 74.873654
NAD 19.207782
NGN 1611.209698
NIO 43.057679
NOK 11.152207
NPR 172.834243
NZD 2.00562
OMR 0.450179
PAB 1.169999
PEN 4.008608
PGK 5.137649
PHP 69.525596
PKR 326.427607
PLN 4.253036
PYG 7589.868588
QAR 4.266561
RON 5.094543
RSD 117.344404
RUB 92.024048
RWF 1712.955071
SAR 4.39342
SBD 9.423358
SCR 16.267549
SDG 703.656832
SEK 10.78531
SGD 1.490218
SLE 28.805163
SOS 668.685149
SRD 43.838662
STD 24233.39373
STN 24.521144
SVC 10.238265
SYP 129.432241
SZL 19.203476
THB 37.319602
TJS 11.121242
TMT 4.109542
TND 3.416892
TRY 52.087256
TTD 7.935843
TWD 37.133975
TZS 3047.034824
UAH 50.705169
UGX 4328.714002
USD 1.17081
UYU 47.533016
UZS 14309.950047
VES 554.33992
VND 30830.342348
VUV 139.819173
WST 3.244211
XAF 656.514677
XAG 0.015136
XAU 0.000244
XCD 3.164171
XCG 2.108745
XDR 0.818368
XOF 656.551158
XPF 119.331742
YER 279.296731
ZAR 19.094782
ZMK 10538.709692
ZMW 22.377104
ZWL 377.000196
- 'Unfinished business': Opponents anxious, bitter after Iran ceasefire
- Dutch minister says not planning to bar Kanye West
- France unveils rearmament boost to face Russia threat
- Suspect remains silent in Swiss bar fire probe
- Italy great Parisse appointed Azzurri forwards coach
- Medvedev thrashed 6-0, 6-0 by Berrettini, Zverev battles through
- Iran truce spurs hopes for world economy, but recovery will be rocky
- BAFTA racial slur was breach of BBC editorial standards: internal probe
- Red or black: Thai men tempt fate at military draft draw
- Iran hits Gulf states after agreeing 'fragile' truce with US
Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displaced
A cyclone packing violent winds has killed at least 38 people and caused devastation in Madagascar's second-largest city, prompting the country's leader to call for "international solidarity", the national disaster authority said Thursday in an updated toll.
Cyclone Gezani made landfall on Tuesday, slamming into the eastern coastal city Toamasina, with winds reaching 250 kilometres (155 miles) per hour.
In a new report Thursday afternoon, the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNRGC) said it had recorded 38 deaths, while six people remained missing and at least 374 were injured.
More than 12,000 people were displaced, it said.
Madagascar's new leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina on Thursday called for "international solidarity" after the cyclone "ravaged up to 75 percent of Toamasina and it surrounds".
AFP images Thursday showed the battered city of 400,000 people littered with hundreds of trees felled by strong winds and roofs blown off buildings.
Residents dug through piles of debris, planks and corrugated metal to repair their makeshift homes.
More than 18,000 homes were destroyed in the cyclone, according to the BNRGC, with over 50,000 damaged or flooded.
The storm also caused carnage in the Atsinanana region surrounding the city, the authority said, adding that post-disaster assessments were still under way.
The CMRS cyclone forecaster on France's Reunion island confirmed Tuesday that Toamasina had been "directly hit by the most intense part" of the storm.
The cyclone's landfall was likely one of the most intense recorded in the region during the satellite era, rivalling Geralda in February 1994, it said. That storm left at least 200 dead and affected half a million more.
Gezani weakened after landfall but continued to sweep across the island as a tropical storm until Wednesday night.
It is forecast to return to cyclone status as it reaches the Mozambique Channel, according to the CMRS, and could from Friday evening strike southern Mozambique, which has already faced devastating flooding since the beginning of the year.
Cyclone season in the southwest Indian Ocean typically lasts from November to April and sees around a dozen storms each year.
A.Senn--NZN
