A cyclone packing violent winds killed at least 20 people as it struck Madagascar, toppling houses and causing major flooding, the Indian Ocean island's disaster authority said Wednesday.

A cyclone packing violent winds killed at least 20 people as it struck Madagascar, toppling houses and causing major flooding, the Indian Ocean island's disaster authority said Wednesday.

As notified by the Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau)… ARPC wishes to advise that the following cyclone event has begun as a Declared Cyclone Event for the purposes of the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003.

Satellite footage from the National Weather Service shows a dramatic, churning cyclone approaching California. The image is a bomb cyclone, which occurs when cold and warm air collide, dropping the atmospheric pressure and resulting in a rapidly ...