6 killed in Madagascar cyclone as thousands displaced

AP  |  Johannesburg 

Authorities in say six people have been killed in a cyclone.

The says Cyclone Ava also displaced more than 13,000 people on the island over the weekend.


A bulletin today says 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 region in the northeast, which produces about half of the world's vanilla.

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First Published: Mon, January 08 2018. 20:11 IST