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Madagascar: Tropical cyclone Fanele makes landfall in the Southwest Region

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 @ 02:46 UTC

by Lova Rakotomalala

Countries:: Madagascar
Topics:: Breaking News, Disaster, Relief & Rescue
Languages:: French

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Malagasy:	Miditra an-tanety any atsimo andrefana ny rivodoza Fanele...
Español:	Madagascar: Ciclón tropical Fanele produce deslaves al suroeste de la región...

Blogger Pierre Maury is thinking of the Southwest region of Madagascar as Tropical Cyclone Fanele has made land fall at 4:17 am on January 21st 2009 (fr). The city of Belo-sur-Mer is threatended by gust of wind as fast as 281 km/h.

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[...] with wind speeds reported around 100 km/h. Early morning on Wednesday, Cyclone Fanele hit Morondava and its surroundings with wind gusts up to 240 [...]

# 2009-01-22 at 4:39 am
Pingback: Global Voices teny Malagasy » Madagasikara: Fahapotehina noho ny rivodoza Fanele sy Eric

[...] ny rivotra nentiny tany Fanoarivo atsinanana. Ny alarobia maraina indray dia niserana an'i Morondava sy ny manodidina azy mitondra rivotra hatramin'ny 240 km/ora ny rivodoza Fanele ny alarobia [...]

# 2009-01-22 at 8:26 am

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