Ankazotoho, a slum in Antananarivo, was flooded following the passage of cyclone Enawo in Madagascar since March 7, 2017. (Xinhua/Eric Laperozy)
ANTANANARIVO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Cyclone Enawo has killed six people and displaced 12,321 others in Madagascar since it hit the northern coast on Tuesday, said a government office Thursday.
Some 305 houses were flooded throughout the Madagascar, according to provisional data published by the national office of risk and disaster management (BNGRC).
Analanjirofo, the eastern region of the country, was the most affected with more than 7,000 people removed from their houses.
All schools were closed on Wednesday and Thursday in the country but students will resume courses on Friday, the communication office of the Ministry of Education said.
Data from the Ministry of Education said that three students were killed, two schools were damaged while 11 others were flooded.
Sixty-five classrooms were completely destroyed, 50 were severely damaged, and 54 others were dismantled following the passage of cyclone Enawo in Madagascar, the website of the Ministry of Education said.
National roads number 2 linking the capital to Toamasina northeast of the country, and the national road 25 southeast of the country, were cut amid the rise of water, the BNGRC said.
The capital Antananarivo was in red alert, especially for the plain crossed by the main rivers of Ikopa, Sisaony and Mamba. Several dozen localities were flooded.
In Maroantsetra, in the north of the country, where Enawo brought gusts of 300 km per hour and winds of 205 km per hour on Tuesday, three others, including two children, were killed, BNGRC added.
Madagascar's government held a special meeting Thursday morning, according to a communication from the presidency. More than 50 common sites have been installed to host more than 10,000 homeless.
Cyclone Enawo continue to weaken and causes gusts of 60 km per hour and winds reaching 50 km per hour. It is expected to go out to sea in the Anosy region, southeast of the country Thursday evening around 10:00 p.m. local time.
Enawo is the sixth cyclone of the current cyclonic season of Madagascar between Nov. 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017.
