How many people died one region alone after cyclone Ivan?

In 2005 we all looked on in awe at the devastation of New Orleans at the hands of hurricane Katrina, but the wider world barely noticed recently when a storm of very similar power and ferocity struck remote Eastern Madagascar. (23) Cyclone Ivan destroyed tens of thousands of homes, and in one region alone there were at least a hundred deaths. (24) Doctor Terahue is the government’s head of region for Analanjirofo on the country’s east coast. At the moment though, he looks more like a general who having weathered a huge attack at great cost has discovered that the enemy is amassing once more. If Madagascar’s annual cyclone season can be seen as a battle against the forces of nature then this year it is more true than ever.