Madagascar cyclone

This item appears on page 19 of the May 2017 issue.

At least 38 people were killed and 180 more were injured when Cyclone Enawo made landfall in northern Madagascar on March 7. The cyclone, which had winds of up to 185 miles per hour and dropped 12 inches of rain, displaced more than 50,000 people. After making landfall, the cyclone was eventually downgraded to a tropical depression.