More than 13,000 people are displaced and schools are shut due to flooding and risk of landslides

ANTANANARIVO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A cyclone that hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend killed at least 29 people and injured three others while two people were reported missing, authorities said on Monday. The cyclone, which made landfall on Friday morning, lashed the eastern part of the African island off Mozambique with violent winds and heavy rains before moving off the territory on Saturday night. “At the national level, the provisional assessment reports 29 deaths, 22 missing persons, 17,170 internally displaced persons and 83,023 disaster victims,“the National Bureau of Disaster Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) said in a statement. The island nation was hit hard by a cyclone in March that left at least 50 people dead and damaged the Sava region in the north-east, which produces about half of the world's vanilla.
At least 29 people are dead and 22 are missing in the aftermath of a strong tropical cyclone striking Madagascar.