Cyclone Jowke on Madagascar
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Jokwe, the third cyclone, since the end of January 2008, struck the North of Madagascar during the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
The tourist island of Nosy Be, situated in 480 km in the North of Antananarivo, account 400 victims and 44 destroyed houses, according to a communiqué of the national Office of management of the risks and the disasters ( BNGRC). Jokwe also reached the city of Antsiranana, apparently without making any victims.
more intensive and reached the stage of severe cyclone tropical at about 1:00 pm (10:00 am GMT) with squalls reaching 125 kph. Jokwe was situated to 130km off the Northwest coast yesterday and pursued his trajectory towards the Southwest.
Heavy rains and blasts persisted in regions of the North of Diana, Sava and Sofia and extended over other parts of the country. The notices of alerts thrown in concerned districts are always effective.
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