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Mozambique: Thousands Displaced After Heavy Rains Hit
Nation, 16 February 2021
Heavy rains have marooned about 27,000 people in Mozambique's Boane district, about 30 kilometres south of the country's capital Maputo since last week, local councilman confirmed… Read more »
Heavy Rains Displace Thousands as Storm Batters Mozambique Again
Severe winds and heavy rains have damaged thousands of buildings, ruined crops and displaced approximately 27,000 people in Mozambique. This comes as the southern African country is facing the rainy and cyclone season which runs from October 2020 to April 2021. In March and April 2019, cyclones Idai - with its epicentre at the port of the country's second-largest city, Beira, - and Kenneth, hit Mozambique just a few weeks apart. The two are the worst natural disasters recorded in the country in the last two decades. In January 2021, more than 21 people were killed and hundreds of thousands affected by a super-storm that made landfall in Mozambique. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit central Mozambique on January 23, with high winds, heavy rains and severe flooding.
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More than 21 people were killed and hundreds of thousands affected by a super-storm that made landfall in Mozambique. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit central Mozambique on January 23, ... Read more »
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At least nine people died on Saturday after Tropical Cyclone Eloise hit the port city of Beira, most of them killed by falling trees, authorities said. Cars were submerged in ... Read more »
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Tropical Storm Chalane has reached the Mozambique Channel and meteorological services said it is expected to intensify overnight, making landfall in central Mozambique. Chalane ... Read more »
The WFP currently provides food aid to nearly 200,000 people in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique, where an insurgency has worsened displacement and hunger.
