Floods kill 10 in Madagascar

 

Madagascar’s risk and disaster management office says 10 people died in flash floods in and around Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo.

About 500 people were displaced and two people were injured, according to the office’s latest report.

The floods were the result of heavy rainfall that started on Monday night and continued into the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The heavy rains also caused destroyed several homes and flooded farmland in the region.

Madagascar is in the midst of its rainy season.