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Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar as 2nd-largest city '75% destroyed' (phys.org)

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Cyclone Gezani made landfall on Tuesday, slamming into the country's second-largest city, Toamasina, with winds reaching 250 kilometers (155 miles) per hour.

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

On the Saffir—Simpson hurricane wind scale that would be an extremely strong category 4, just shy of the category 5 criteria!

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