In wake of deadly cyclone, UNICEF delivers aid to affected in Madagascar
![A Malagasy family walks in search of shelter from Cyclone Ivan A Malagasy family walks in search of shelter from Cyclone Ivan](https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/assets/2008/02/06597/image100x100cropped.jpg)
Six administrative regions of Madagascar were hit by the cyclone, whose winds reached up to 190 kilometres per hour when it struck on Sunday, according to a press statement issued yesterday by UNICEF.
The agency is helping authorities in the affected areas assess the extent of damage, a task hampered by the cuts to communication networks, roads and bridges.
The north-eastern seaside city of Toamasina has been particularly hard hit, with water and electricity supplies severed and rising flood waters as a result of the accompanying heavy rainfall.
Cyclone Ivan’s trail of destruction comes less than a month after Cyclone Fame struck Madagascar, killing 12 and leaving 5,000 Malagasy homeless.