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Torrential rains in parts of Mozambique last week resulted in the deaths of at least three people, according to the government spokesperson, Deputy Health Minister Mouzinho Saide.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, after the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), Saide said that the deaths occurred in Morrumbala district, in the central province of Zambezia, when a house collapsed taking the lives of three members of the same family.
In Alto Molocue and Gurue districts, also in Zambezia, heavy rains on Sunday caused soil erosion that rendered several roads impassable.
Saide said that in Marracuene district, about 30 kilometres north of Maputo, a major storm destroyed 175 houses on Friday. The rains also destroyed three classrooms in Marracuene, seven shops, and one health unit. Two electricity pylons were swept away.
This storm is why Mozambique Airlines (LAM) cancelled its scheduled flight from Beira to Maputo on Friday night. LAM staff in Beira told disgruntled passengers that the weather in Maputo was so bad that the pilot was refusing to take off. Although many passengers were scornful and claimed (without evidence) that there must be something wrong with the plane, Saide’s Monday remarks indicate that the pilot had very good reason not to attempt flying through the storm to Maputo airport.
Currently, Saide added, mobile platforms are being mobilized that will allow traffic to resume on damaged roads.
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