Thousands affected by deadly storm

Tropical Storm Enawo has killed at least 50 people with 20 still unaccounted for and almost 300,000 affected across Madagascar.

Nearly 300,000 people across Madagascar have been affected by the destruction left by Tropical Storm Enawo, officials have said.

Madagascar's National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management said on Sunday the storm left 295,950 victims in its wake, their homes damaged.

Officials said 84,660 people were displaced, forced to take refuge in churches, schools and other public areas. Malagasy agencies are working with the United Nations to deliver aid.

Fifty people were killed and 195 were wounded as the storm lashed the Indian Ocean island. A further 20 people remain missing, the bureau said.

The north-east of the island is worst affected, with rice and vanilla crops destroyed, according to the UN.

The devastation caused by Enawo added to the problems faced by one of Africa's poorest countries. Parts of the country are already suffering from food insecurity after being hit by a drought.

First ranked as a cyclone, Enawo slammed into the north of the island on Tuesday. Winds blowing at 230 kilometres per hour slowed down to 90 kilometres per hour on Wednesday. Enawo was downgraded from a cyclone to a tropical storm.


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