WORLD BRIEFING / MADAGASCAR
Times Wire Reports
A powerful cyclone hit the west coast of Madagascar, destroying buildings and flooding large areas, officials said.
Disaster official Dia Styvanley Soa said winds had reached 130 mph on the African island.
The western town of Morondava, home to about 30,000 people, was left without water or electricity. Casualty figures had not been released.
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