Four dead as weakened Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar

People work on a damaged building in Mananjary district, Madagascar (Solofo Rasolofomanana/AP)

A weakened Cyclone Freddy which pummelled Madagascar with heavy rains and strong destructive winds, killing four people, is continuing to wreak havoc in the south-west of the Indian Ocean nation.

Freddy battered the western city of Mananjary and left 16,660 people displaced and damaged nearly 5,000 homes in the country on Tuesday, according to the latest provisional assessment by Madagascar’s risk and disaster management office.