The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal when Cyclone Dikeledi hit the southern part of the Indian Ocean island

Lavavolo Tortoise Center staff, members of the community and police officers joined together in a rescue operation, wading through the water with large containers to collect the bewildered tortoises

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...

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Two tropical systems, including Elvis and System No. 7-20242025, are present in the Indian Ocean, posing potential threats to southern Africa. Meteorological experts gather to enhance forecasting efforts amid increasing severe weather events.

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Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about 25-50 years old — were carried away.