Big storms wreak havoc on Madagascar

Hit by six cyclones already this season, Madagascar braces for Favio - #7

From Reuters AlertNet:

ANTANANARIVO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Nearly 25,000 people are in need of humanitarian aid after a series of floods in Madagascar, while another tropical storm threatens the island's southwest region, a government official said on Monday.

Rising flood waters have covered houses, cut off main roads, and destroyed an estimated 200,000 tonnes of rice on the world's fourth-largest island.

See a brief story about the storms and their devastating effects at AlertNet.