MOZAMBIQUE
Continúan las lluvias en Mozambique tras el ciclón
April 30, 2019 -
Lluvias torrenciales bañan el norte de Mozambique, obstaculizando las operaciones de ayuda y los esfuerzos por llegar a las comunidades más
afectadas por el Ciclón Kenneth, el más potente que ha golpeado a
África
Cyclone Kenneth slammed into Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province on Thursday with winds of up to 280km per hour, flattening villages, destroying crops and turning streets of the Indian Ocean port city of Pemba into raging rivers.
It followed last month’s Cyclone Idai, which struck further south, destroying the port of Beira and killing more than 1,000 people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
It was the first time two cyclones have struck the country a single season, and Kenneth was the first cyclone recorded so far north in Mozambique in the era of satellite imaging.
Tens of thousands of people in the Macomia and Quissanga districts north of Pemba and on Ibo island need food and shelter.
About 35,000 buildings and homes were damaged or destroyed, the government said. At least three bridges collapsed, stranding residents of some communities.
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- Mozambique cyclone: Humanitarian situation is life-threatening (BBC)
- Incredibly difficult to reach Mozambique cyclone survivors (Al-Jazeera)