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January 10, 2018

Madagascar: 29 Killed and Tens of Thousands Displaced by Cyclone
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In Madagascar, at least 29 people have been killed, and tens of
thousands more have been displaced from their homes, after a cyclone hit
the island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa over the weekend.
This is Haingo Tina, who was displaced by the cyclone.

Haingo Tina: "We are six in our family, and our house is completely
submerged in water. My child has a strong fever, so we decided to come
here to the displaced holding area. From morning, the moment you step
down from you bed, you're forced to walk in water. Water is everywhere,
and that is the reason we came here."

Meanwhile, a tsunami alert has been issued for wide swaths of Central
America and the Caribbean, after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off
the coast of Honduras.


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