Twelve people were killed and some 14,000 made homeless after a cyclone struck northern Madagascar last week, according to revised figures released Monday.
A toll on Sunday said cyclone Indlala, the deadliest so far this season, had killed two people in Antalaha, some 570 kilometres (354 miles) northeast of the capital of the Indian Ocean island.
But national emergencies chief Jacky Randriaharison said Monday that at least 10 people had also died on Saturday and Sunday in Ambanja, 625 kilometres north of the capital. He also revised upwards the toll of those made homeless. The cyclone left a trail of devastation in its wake after striking Thursday, damaging buildings and infrastructure.
Indlala is the sixth cyclone to hit the island since the beginning of December. Cyclone season in the region runs between December and March.
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