It reached the island as an "intense tropical cyclone", packing winds of 165 kph, Faly Aritiana Fabien of the country's disaster management agency told AFP.
Rakange rasvika muchitsuwa "sedutu rakasimba" riine mhepo dzaimhanya zvekusvika muawa rimwe chete kumatunhu ari kure zvemamaira zana nemakumi matanhatu ane mashanu, Faly Aritiana Fabien uyu anoshanda pasi bebazi rinoona nezvekunatsira munguva dzetsaona nenjodzi munyika akaudza AFP.