The island, which is about the size of the US state of Texas, sits hundreds of miles off the coast of south-eastern Africa.

BBC: Pupils met the delegation from the Madagascan embassy

San Antonio's previous record flooding in 1998 was devastating, caused by heavy rains throughout south Texas and by a plume of moist air from Hurricane Madeline off the west coast of Mexico.

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San Antonio's previous record flooding in 1998 was devastating, caused by heavy rains throughout south Texas and by a plume of moist air from Hurricane Madeline off the Mexican west coast.

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