Flooded roads and neighbourhoods, destroyed schools and power lines down have prevented registration brigades from starting work in some parts of Sofala and Manica in zones affected by Cyclone Idai. Registration was already delayed by two weeks, but it was not enough in some places. But tents, temporary structures, canoes and local improvisation mean registration has started in most places in the cyclone and flood affected areas.
In Beira, 30 of 64 registration posts are not operating, mainly due to lack of electricity caused by the cyclone. Three hundred transformers to link to solar panel has been sent from Maputo to try to resolve the problem, according to the local STAE (election technical secretariat, Secretariado Tecnico de Administracao Eleitoral).
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