Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59 as devastation mounts

The death toll from Cyclone Gezani, which slammed into Madagascar’s east coast on February 10, has risen to 59, with 15 people still missing and more than 16,000 displaced, the country’s disaster agency announced Monday.

Most fatalities occurred in Toamasina, Madagascar’s second-largest city of 400,000, where the cyclone made landfall with winds reaching 250 kilometers per hour.

The destruction is extensive—approximately 25,000 homes…