Torrential rains fell on the Malagasy capital Antananarivo. At least ten people died in the bad weather.
At least ten people died in the Malagasy capital Antananarivo, in floods caused by torrential rains overnight from Monday to Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday. “The floods caused house collapses and landslides in which the victims lost their lives,” Sonia Ray, spokeswoman for the ministry’s Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) told AFP. .
In addition, according to a report released at the beginning of the afternoon, two people were injured and more than 500 had to leave their homes. Twenty municipalities have been placed on red alert against “imminent danger”.
Antananarivo is flooded
Houses and walls crumbled, and victims died
An emergency unit has been set up in the AUC.
All those responsible are in action and reception sites for disaster victims will be set up#Antananarivo#tananantsikahttps://t.co/05yWB8cwWA— Naina Andriantsitohaina (@NainaAndriants1) January 18, 2022
Firefighters and civil protection are mobilized to evacuate risk areas. Gymnasiums have been requisitioned and the government is studying the possibility of closing schools this week. “We are expecting heavy rainfall until Thursday on the northwest, northeast coast and the (central) highlands. We expect a cyclone at the end of the week on the east coast,” warned Lovandrainy Ratovoharisoa, forecaster. to the weather department.
The island in the Indian Ocean with a tropical climate faces a period of very intense rain every year. One of the poorest countries in the world, Madagascar is also regularly the target of cyclones or other tropical storms. At the end of January 2020, heavy rains left at least 26 dead, 15 missing and 90,000 injured.
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