Madagascar draws up the first assessment of the passage of the Cheneso storm
In the northeast of the island, residents describe impressive flooding (illustration image) AFP PHOTO / RIJASOLO
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Tropical Storm Cheneso which affected the northeast of the Big Island on Thursday morning has weakened, but heavy rains are still expected until Tuesday in the northwest and southeast of the country, warns the management of Meteorology.
According to the provisional report of the BNGRC, the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management, the storm left one dead, one missing and nearly 2,700 victims in two northern regions.
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With our correspondent in Antananarivo
,
Laetitia Bezain
The victims are mainly in the district of Maroantestra, in the northeast of the island.
“
The water has risen to the roofs of the houses and part of the town is still under water.
We have to use a canoe to circulate in the streets
”, describes a resident of Ambinanitelo.
"
We had prepared but we didn't think it was going to go so high
," he continues.
Floods that also affected the runway at Maroantsetra airport, canceling Madagascar Airlines flights.
In all, nearly 800 dwellings, 200 hectares of rice fields and 17 classrooms were flooded, report the authorities.
"
In terms of infrastructure, it is mainly the roads that have suffered the consequences of the storm
", indicates General Elack Andriakaja, Director General of the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management.
Cut roads which isolate the towns of Vavatenina and Anosibe An'ala, he specifies.
To the north, in the Sava region, landslides are blocking traffic on national road 3b.
"
Food is already pre-positioned in Tamatave
", a major port on the east coast, to support the populations in case of need, said the director general of the BNGRC.
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To read also: Madagascar: Cheneso, first strong storm of the cyclonic period, made landfall
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