Tropical Cyclone Fytia struck Madagascar over the weekend, resulting in at least three deaths and affecting nearly 30,000 people, according to The Guardian. The storm, the first tropical storm of the season for the island nation, is expected to flood more than 40,000 homes in the coming days.
In Venezuela, thousands of people marched through the capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, demanding the release of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, Al Jazeera reported. The couple was allegedly abducted by U.S. forces a month prior in a nighttime raid. Protesters chanted "Venezuela needs Nicolas!" during the demonstration, dubbed "Gran Marcha (The Great March)."
Meanwhile, in Brazil's Alagoas state, a bus accident claimed the lives of at least 16 people, including four children, Al Jazeera reported. The bus, carrying approximately 60 passengers returning from a religious festival, veered off the road on a curve and overturned on Tuesday. Some passengers were ejected, while others were trapped beneath the wreckage. The accident occurred in the rural interior of Alagoas state.
In the United States, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's decision to strip temporary protected status from up to 350,000 Haitians, The Guardian reported. Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary stay preventing Kristi Noem, the U.S. homeland security secretary, from implementing the decision. The protected status allows Haitians to legally live and work in the United States amid turmoil in their homeland.
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