Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean, on the night of the 21st, bringing heavy winds and rain, and as of the 22nd, five people had died. Madagascar is a tropical storm-prone region in the western Indian Ocean, with the country's hurricane season from December to March.
This is a photograph of a house damaged by a tropical cyclone in Mananzari, Madagascar, on February 22. Xinhua/Associated Press
A man walks past a house damaged by a tropical cyclone in Mananzari, Madagascar, on 22 February. Xinhua/Associated Press
This February 21 satellite photograph shows Tropical Cyclone Freddy approaching Madagascar. Xinhua/Associated Press