Cyclone

The number of cholera cases in Mozambique has increased tenfold since February, with more than 28,000 people infected in the southern African country still reeling from the deadly Cyclone Freddy, UNICEF said. "More than 28,000 cases of…

The death toll from Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated in mid-March after massive flooding and landslides in southern Africa, has exceed 1,200 in Malawi as hopes dwindle of finding survivors, police and authorities said. The cyclone killed…

Residents in Madagascar are bracing for tropical cyclone Freddy due to landfall on Tuesday. According to the UN's disaster management agency, OCHA, the cyclone should hit the eastern coast of Madagascar on Tuesday evening after having…

Mauritius on Monday grounded flights and shut its stock exchange as Tropical Cyclone Freddy approached, posing a "direct threat" to the Indian Ocean island. A Class III cyclone warning was in force in Mauritius, allowing about six hours of…

Several districts of Mahajanga, in the northwest of Madagascar, have flooded as well as the roads that connect them to the capital, Antananarivo. Cyclone Cheneso continues to hit the island with more than 15,000 people affected to date.…

The island of Madagascar was hard hit by Cyclone Emnati, which also affected the semi-arid lands of the island's Grand Sud. For the past four years, this region of 1.3 million people has suffered from food insecurity, according to the…