[This report does not necessarily reflect
the views of the United Nations]
JOHANNESBURG, 26 February 2007 (IRIN)
- Madagascar is bracing for yet another cyclone as "Gamede" it
makes its way across the Indian Ocean. Gamede has already taken its toll
in the neighbouring Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and La Reunion claiming
two lives and injuring nine respectively.
According to Gianluca Ferrera, deputy
director of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) in Madagascar, the authorities
"are absolutely on alert and closely monitoring the direction it [Gamede]