The death toll from Cyclone Jizani in Madagascar has risen to 59

At least 59 people died and 15 others were missing after Cyclone Jizaniwhich struck Toamasina, the second The Indian Ocean, with strong winds reaching speeds of 250 kilometers per hour.

Northwestern Madagascar was hit at the beginning of February by Tropical Cyclone Vithia, which left at least seven dead and displaced more than twenty thousand people.

Updated toll

Most of the deaths from Cyclone Jizani were counted in the city of Toamasina, which has a population of about 400 thousand people, according to an updated toll issued on Monday by the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management.

A previous toll reported 43 deaths.

More than 800 residents were injured and 16,000 were forced to leave their homes. Also, 25,000 homes were destroyed, while 27,000 other homes were flooded.

Aid Distribution

Photos taken by Agence France-Presse last weekend showed streets in the commercial center of Toamasina flooded with muddy water, while residents lined up inside a primary school that had been turned into a center for aid distribution.

On Friday, the World Food Program drew attention to the fragile situation of the residents of Toamasina, stressing The electricity network was damaged by 95 percent, with a complete lack of water.

Chinese aid

China provided to Madagascar "Aid worth one hundred million yuan" (About 12 million euros), while Paris announced the sending of food supplies, paramedics and firefighters from the French island of La Reunion, which is about a thousand kilometers away from Madagascar.

Cyclone Jizani continued its path to Mozambique, where at the end of the week it killed four people and left devastation in the southern coastal city of Inhambane.

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