Cyclone Gezani kills at least 20 as it tears through Madagascar's port of Toamasina

At least 20 people have been killed after Tropical Cyclone Gezani, a powerful storm with sustained winds reaching up to 250 km/h (155 mph), made landfall on Tuesday in Madagascar's eastern port city of Toamasina, the country's second-largest city and main seaport. According to Madagascar's National Office for Risk and Disaster Management, many of the deaths resulted from collapsing houses amid "total chaos," with widespread destruction including uprooted trees, downed power poles, inaccessible roads, and reports that around 90% of roofs were ripped off in heavily impacted areas. The cyclone caused severe flooding, left at least 33 people injured, 15 missing, and forced the evacuation of more than 2,700 residents, while devastating infrastructure and leaving large parts of Toamasina in ruins. This disaster follows closely after another cyclone, Fytia, struck the island just days earlier.

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