The death toll from a cyclone in Madagascar has risen to 25, with a dozen people still missing.

The office of the president said Cyclone Ava also displaced more than 17,000 people on the Indian Ocean island over the weekend.

The government said the danger has passed and all cyclone alerts have been lifted.

The island nation was hit hard by a cyclone in March that left at least 50 people dead and damaged the Sava region in the north-east, which produces about half of the world's vanilla. </s> The U.N. humanitarian agency says the death toll from a cyclone in Madagascar has reached 33.

A statement on Wednesday cites Malagasy authorities and says another 22 people remain missing.

Tropical Cyclone Ava struck the Indian Ocean island over the weekend, causing the evacuation of more than 24,000 people.

The new statement says more than 34,000 children are out of school and road access to some areas in the country's south has been cut off. </s> More than 13,000 people are displaced and schools are shut due to flooding and risk of landslides

ANTANANARIVO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A cyclone that hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend killed at least 29 people and injured three others while two people were reported missing, authorities said on Monday.

 Tropical Cyclone Ava passed through Madagascar on Friday and Saturday, hitting mostly the eastern coast of the island with wind speeds of between 140-190 kph (87-119 mph).

Read more on the Thomson Reuters Foundation </s> At least 29 people died and over 83,000 were affected after a cyclone hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend, authorities said on Monday. Twenty-two people were reported missing, according to AFP.

The tropical cyclone, Ava, passed through the Indian Ocean island on Friday and Saturday, with wind speeds of 140-190 km per hour.

“On a national scale, the provisional toll is 29 dead, 22 missing, 17,170 displaced and 83,023 affected,” the National Bureau for Risk and Catastrophe Management said.

The cyclone caused flash flooding in Madagascar’s Capital Antananarivo and the port city of Toamasina. Several homes were without power and roads were blocked by damaged trees.

Vanilla producing areas on the island were unaffected, Georges Geeraerts, the president of the Group of the Vanilla Exporters, told Reuters. Madagascar produces nearly half of the world’s vanilla output, and production was affected when Cyclone Enawo killed 78 people in March 2017. </s> Antananarivo: Twenty-nine people died and more than 80,000 were affected after Tropical Cyclone Ava tore through Madagascar last week, authorities said on Monday.

Seventeen people died on Monday, after a house crumbled following a mudslide in the Ivory suburb, south-east of the capital Antananarivo.

"On a national scale, the provisional toll is 29 dead, 22 missing, 17,170 displaced and 83,023 affected," the National Bureau for Risk and Catastrophe Management said in a statement.

The cyclone, which made landfall on Friday morning, lashed the eastern part of the African island off Mozambique with violent winds and heavy rains before moving off the territory on Saturday night.

The cyclone caused flash flooding in the capital Antananarivo and the port city of Toamasina and in the eastern town of Tamatave. Several homes were without power and roads cut off by felled trees.

Madagascar, one of the world's poorest countries, is regularly hit by cyclones.

In March 2017, Cyclone Enawo killed at least 78 people. </s> Antananarivo, Jan 9 (IANS) Twenty nine people were killed by cyclone Ava that hit Madagascar from Friday to Sunday, officials said on Monday.

The National Office of Risks and Disasters Management (BNGRC) said in its provisional report that 22 people are still missing, while 17,170 have been displaced.

Five national roads were cut while 17 health centers were destroyed, Xinhua reported.

BNGRC said in the report that 3,191 hectares of rice fields are totally flooded in the capital Madagascar.

The cyclone hit the eastern part of Madagascar on Friday and left the country on Sunday by continuing its trajectory to the southeast off the country with an average speed of 15 km per hour. </s> A cyclone that hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend killed at least 29 people and injured three others while two people were reported missing, authorities said on Monday.

Tropical Cyclone Ava passed through Madagascar on Friday and Saturday, hitting mostly the eastern coast of the island with wind speeds of between 140-190 kph (87-119 mph).

“The provisional report of cyclone Ava hitting Madagascar, (shows) 29 people were killed,” Melisa Venance, Communications Officer of the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management, said.

The administrative region of Haute Matsiatra, located 400 km (250 miles) south of Antananarivo, said that among those killed were eight people from a family, who had been at a funeral vigil on Sunday when their house was hit by a landslide.

“The bodies were searched for all night, and the corpses of eight people, including an 11-month-old baby, and the body of the deceased were found under rubble on Monday morning,” the post said.

The National Office of Risk and Disaster Management had earlier on Monday put the dead at at least six, and that more than 13,000 people were displaced by the cyclone.

Also more than 16,000 pupils had classes suspended until Thursday, due to flooding and risk of landslides.

In March 2017, Cyclone Enawo struck Madagascar, killing at least 78 people on its vanilla-producing northeastern coast.

Enawo damaged around 30 per cent of the crop in the world’s biggest producer, which accounts for nearly half of the world’s crop.

But Georges Geeraerts, the president of the Group of the Vanilla exporters, said the cyclone Ava had not touched vanilla-producing areas and there had been “no impact” on production. </s> The torrential rains that accompanied last week’s passage of Cyclone Ava on the eastern part of the island of Madagascar left 29 people dead and more than 80,000 victims, according to a new report released Monday evening by the Malagasy authorities.

“At the national level, the provisional assessment reports 29 deaths, 22 missing persons, 17,170 internally displaced persons and 83,023 disaster victims,“the National Bureau of Disaster Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) said in a statement.

Seventeen of the victims died on Monday as a result of a landslide that caused a house to collapse in the town of Ivory, southeast of the capital of Antananarivo.

The cyclone hit Madagascar on Friday morning, before sweeping the eastern part of the Big Island and leaving the territory on Saturday evening.

Severe winds and torrential rains caused many rivers to overflow in the east of the island and caused major flooding, particularly in Tamatave (east) and the lower reaches of Antananarivo.

Many communities were left without electricity and roads were cut off.

Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, is regularly affected by cyclones. By March 2017, Enawo had killed at least 78 people.

Over the past ten years, Madagascar has been hit by forty-five cyclones and tropical storms. </s> Officials in Madagascar say a cyclone that made landfall in the northeast of the country has killed at least three people, left nearly 500 people homeless and damaged schools and other buildings.

The daily newspaper L'Express de Madagascar quotes disaster officials as saying a 5-year-old child was among those killed after Cyclone Enawo hit the island nation with strong winds and rain on Tuesday.

 

 The storm was expected to move south through the island nation for several days, affecting the capital of Antananarivo on Wednesday. </s> Antananarivo - Tropical cyclone Enawo slammed into Madagascar on Tuesday, killing three people and displacing hundreds as it buffeted the island with hurricane-force winds and pounding rain.

The national disaster management agency BNGRC, in a preliminary toll, said 468 people had been displaced in the northeastern district of Maroantsetra, and a landslip there had killed three people, including two children, injured six and damaged four schools.

Videos on social media showed flattened trees, flooded roads and corrugated sheeting that had been ripped from roofs.

Enawo made landfall in the northeast of the country in the Antalaha area with winds gusting up to 290km per hour, the country's weather service said.

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The cyclone weakened as it advanced inland at five kph, but at nightfall was still blowing at 165 kph, with peak gusts of 200 kph.

The entire north of the island nation, which lies 400km east of mainland Africa, is on "red alert", Samueline Rahariveloarimiza, the head of the weather service, told AFP.

Up to 700 000 people could be affected by the cyclone, according to the Red Cross, which has deployed 500 volunteers.

Strong winds and heavy rain have been battering Antalaha and Cape Masoala in the country's northeast since Monday.

The cyclone is expected to leave Madagascar on Thursday, but there are fears it will leave widespread flooding and deadly landslides in its wake.

Residents in Enawo's path had been advised to evacuate low-lying areas, seek shelter and stock up on food and water.

Madagascar's storm season normally runs from November through February and claims dozens of lives every year.

In 2012, tropical storm Irina and tropical cyclone Giovanna claimed more than 100 lives.

The Indian Ocean island has suffered severe drought and food shortages since 2015, with the southern region the worst affected.
At least 29 people are dead and 22 are missing in the aftermath of a strong tropical cyclone striking Madagascar.