The cyclone has caused widespread damage by blowing the roofs off homes, knocking down trees and utility poles, making roads impassable and flooding many areas.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Cyclone Batsirai's torrential winds and rain are hammering Madagascar, after landing on the island's east coast late Saturday.
Now that Batsirai — which means help in the Shona language — is on land its winds have slowed to about 80 miles per hour. A man secures his home during adverse weather, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Feb. 5, 2022. After gaining strength in the Indian Ocean with gale-force winds reaching peaks of 145 miles per hour, a cyclone made landfall roughly 500 kilometers east of the capital city on Saturday.
Much of Madagascar is already waterlogged from tropical storm Ana and heavy rains in January and the new cyclone is adding to the damage.
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