ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar
The cyclone, which reached
land on Jan. 19, triggered heavy rains that left large parts of the country's
capital Antananarivo flooded.
Madagascar's office for risk
and disaster management (BNGRC) said that assistance had begun on Monday in
affected communities.
In a statement, the office
said more than 55,400 people had been affected.
Cheneso is the first for 2023
of an annual series that typically forms in the Indian Ocean off the coast of
the island nation.
Last week, officials said 19
people were missing after the storm flooded several districts and cut roads
linking them to the capital Antananarivo.
In recent years, Madagascar
and Mozambique have been repeatedly hit by severe storms and cyclones that have
destroyed homes, infrastructure and crops with large numbers of people
displaced.
Early last year, four major
storms hit Madagascar, killing at least 138 people and destroying 124,000
homes. The storms displaced nearly 130,000 people.
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