Sharjah24 - AFP: 18 people have died as a result of a tropical cyclone that hit regions of northeastern Madagascar last week, according to an announcement made on Friday by the government's risk and disaster management office.
Another 19 people are missing after the storm flooded several districts and cut roads linking them to the capital Antananarivo.
More than 55,800 people were affected by the floods, many of them displaced from their homes.
Storm Cheneso made landfall on January 19, packing winds of up to 110 kilometres (68 miles) per hour and triggering downpours.
It is the first tropical storm of the current cyclone season in southern Africa, which typically runs from November to April.
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