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Malawi: Cyclone Gombe Kills 7, Damages Houses and Roads in Malawi
VOA, 14 March 2022
Officials in Malawi say at least seven people have been killed and hundreds displaced by Tropical Cyclone Gombe, which also left 11 people dead in Mozambique. Authorities have… Read more »
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Mozambique: 3,000 Homes Destroyed as Tropical Cyclone Gombe Hits Coast
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 13 March 2022
Cyclone Gombe hit Nampula province Friday morning (11 March), with winds of 120 to 160 km/h and rain of 200 mm. The cyclone made landfall in Mongicual district, between Ihla de… Read more »
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Mozambique: Threats to life and Infrastructure in Mozambique from Cyclone Gombe
WaterAid, 11 March 2022
WaterAid is gravely concerned about the impact Cyclone Gombe might have on vulnerable communities in Northern Mozambique. The cyclone could be the most serious of this year’s… Read more »
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Malawi: 8 Southern Region Districts Risk Heavy Rains Due to Tropical Storm Gombe
Nyasa Times, 12 March 2022
Weather experts say eight of districts in southern region risk heavy rains starting on Friday due to tropical storm Gombe. Read more »
Gombe Leaves Trail Of Death, Destruction In Southern Africa
At least 11 people were killed after a tropical cyclone hit northern Mozambique. Cyclone Gombe made landfall in Mozambique on March 11, 2022 with winds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour. Deaths were recorded in Nampula province as houses and other infrastructure were damaged. The cyclone also damaged power and communication infrastructure. Meanwhile, at least five people in Malawi have died.
Southern Africa has been struggling to recover from a series of devastating cyclones that have killed scores of people and displaced thousands. Tropical Storm Ana killed at least 88 people across southern and eastern Africa in January 2022 - the most recent severe storm to hit a region where millions of impoverished people are facing volatile weather conditions, blamed on rising temperatures and climate change.
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Malawi needs over U.S.$84 million to carry out its 4-month disaster management recovery plan, according to the deparment of disaster management (DODMA). Cyclone Ana left a ... Read more »
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Winds reaching 235 km/h pounded Madagascar's coast as Cyclone Batsirai made landfall. It struck the Mananjary district, more than 530 kilometers (310 miles) southeast of the ... Read more »
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Just after Tropical Cyclone Ana left a trail of destruction, Southern Africa is bracing for yet another devastating tropical cyclone. The UN Office for the Coordi Read more »
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A group of 45 farmers in Rusitu Valley in Chipinge, a district in Zimbabwean eastern province of Manicaland have from December 2021 started exporting nearly 50 tonnes of their ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
Tropical Storm Gombe formed over the Indian Ocean on March 7, 2022, spinning up over open water northeast of Madagascar. Late that evening, the storm made landfall along the northeastern coast, becoming the fifth cyclone to make a direct hit on Madagascar in the last six weeks. According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination Center (GDACS), Tropical Storm Gombe carried maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h (40.4 mph) when it came ashore over southern Antsiranana Province.
