A 27-year-old man drowned near the port of Mahanoro before the storm made landfall, according to the country's National Risk Management Office (BNGRC), raising fears of more destruction overnight.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A powerful tropical Cyclone Freddy lashed the eastern coast of Madagascar on Tuesday, killing at least one person as it moved in packing winds of around 130 kilometres per hour, officials said.
The storm landed north of Mananjary, a coastal town of 25,000 people that remains devastated by 2022's Cyclone Batsirai, which killed more than 130 people across the country. The UN's World Food Programme said more than 2.3 million people in Madagascar could be affected by Freddy, and the cyclone would then pass through Mozambique and Zimbabwe on the African mainland.
"As the Malagasy people, we are the most experienced country in terms of cyclones - even last year we experienced nearly six cyclones," said Fabien.The large Indian Ocean island of Madagascar typically takes several hits during the annual November-April storm season.Freddy is the first cyclone, and the second tropical weather system, to hit during the current season, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
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