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Cyclone Freddy Hits Madagascar, Heads Toward Mozambique

 Madagascar, Africa

People work on a damaged building, in Mananjary district, Madagascar, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023 after cyclone Freddy reached Madagascar. A slightly weakened Cyclone Freddy has made landfall in Madagascar, where schools, businesses and public transportation were shut down ahead of its arrival. Freddy was packing winds gusting to 180 kilometers per hour, or about 111 miles per hour, as it came ashore in a nation already hit in January by a tropical storm that killed at least 30 people. (Credit: AP Photo/Solofo Rasolofomanana)

Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar late Tuesday and was headed for Mozambique after leaving a wake of death and destruction across the island nation. At least five people have been confirmed dead and officials said more than 16,700 people were displaced by the storm. Freddy made landfall on the island north of Mananjary, the coastal town still devastated by last year's Cyclone Batsirai, which killed more than 130 people. Freddy brought stronger wind, but less rain than that storm. Cyclone Freddy is expected to make landfall on the mainland on Friday.

(Le Monde with AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters, The Guardian)

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