ANTANANRIVO, 15 February 2012 (IRIN) - At least 10 people have died after Cyclone Giovanna struck Madagascar but details of its impact on the regions which bore the brunt of the category-four tropical storm remain sketchy, as communications and electricity supplies have been cut.

The cyclone made landfall in the early hours of 14 February south of the port town of Toamasina and then carved a path through heavily populated areas towards the capital, Antananarivo, reportedly uprooting trees, damaging infrastructure, causing landslides and flooding as it moved inland.

The National Disaster Risk Management Agency (BNGRC) has reportedly confirmed 10 deaths caused by the cyclone in the first 24 hours or so.

The NGO, Care International, the disaster relief office of the US embassy, the faith-based NGO Medair, and the UN Children's Agency (UNICEF) have all begun or scheduled aerial surveillance of the affected east coast region, "so that we can understand the exact dimensions of this natural disaster," Dominic Stolarow, UNICEF emergency coordinator in Madagascar, said in a statement on 14 February.

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks (http://www.irinnews.org )

When do we start experiencing natural disaster in Africa? I hope this will be the last.
I sympathize with the families that lost their love ones in this.

Natural disaster no country or region is exempted in my opinion.
It just that some faced with the challenge often than others.

Sorry to all those who are bereaved. God will give you strength to carry on