 An early estimate indicated that 95 % of schools , homes , and churches sustained severe damage to complete destruction in the city , leaving 50 @,@ 000 people homeless . In the harbor at Toamasina , Geralda sank seven ships , and throughout the city , power outages and road damage were commonplace . Elsewhere in Madagascar , Geralda wrecked houses and bridges in Fénérive . On Île Sainte @-@ Marie , all power lines and 90 % of plantations were destroyed . Brickaville , to the south of Toamasina , experienced severe flooding up to 3 m ( 9 @.@ 8 ft ) deep . Lack of basic repairs before the storm contributed to roads and bridges being washed away there . The cyclone killed 43 people when it flooded large portions of Antananarivo , leaving 60 @,@ 000 people homeless . High rainfall damaged houses in the city and cut off roads outside of the city . Damage was heavy in valleys where flash flooding occurred . Across Madagascar , flooding wrecked over 300 @,@ 000 ha ( 740 @,@ 000 acres ) of crop fields , affecting 70 % of the rice crop , and killed more than 13 @,@ 000 cattle . The combined impact of Geralda and earlier Cyclone Daisy damaged or destroyed more than 40 @,@ 000 homes , leaving at least 356 @,@ 000 people homeless . The storms also left severe damage to roads and rail systems . A total of 20 national roads and several secondary roads were disrupted . The rail line between Moramanga near the capital and Brickaville near the coast was damaged . Overall , Cyclone Geralda killed at least 231 people , with 73 missing as of MFR 's annual cyclone report on the season ; the storm also injured 267 people and caused over $ 10 million in damage ( 1994 USD ) . 
