|© 2007 CARE| |Already inundated from previous cyclones,
Madagascar’s northern and northwestern regions were hit by
Cyclone Indlala on 15 March.| By Blue Chevigny NEW YORK, USA, 19
March 2007 – The rain is coming down in sheets over the capital
city of Madagascar, Antananarivo, in the aftermath of Indlala,
the latest cyclone to hit the island nation. Madagascar is in
the midst of an extreme cyclone season, with four major storms
already having devastated the country since December, the most
recent one on 15 March. Tropical Cyclone Indlala destroyed 90
per cent of the traditional homes in the northern Antlaha region
where it touched down that day, as well as disabling electricity
and communications, destroying many administrative buildings and
ravaging the area’s crops. According to UNICEF Communication
Officer Misbah Sheikh, 293,000 families are already affected by
the floods from previous storms. “With Indlala, the numbers will
go up,” she adds. Continuing impact on children Ms. Sheikh
worries about the effe