Ten killed by floods in Madagascar capital

Flooded street

A rickshaw passes though a flooded street after Cyclone Ivan hit in Toamasina, February 19, 2008. PHOTO | FILE 

At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar's capital Antananarivo overnight, an interior ministry official said on Tuesday.

The victims were killed after "the floods caused landslides and houses collapsed," Sonia Ray, spokesperson for the ministry's disaster management office, told AFP.