Mozambique: Rising rivers cut off 1,200 families in southern region

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Mozambique: Rising rivers cut off 1,200 families in southern region

7:10 CAT | 23 Dec 2020

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A total of 1,200 families at the Pafuri administrative post are cut off from the rest of the Chicualacuala district in the north of Gaza province due to the rise of local river flows following rainfall in neighbouring countries.

“If the rain falls heavily again, we could be at risk from lack of food and also medicines. The isolation of the population means that they will not have food or assistance,” said the administrator of Chicualacuala, Cacilda Banze, quoted on Wednesday by Televisão de Moçambique.

The Mwenezi and Limpopo Rivers have risen as a result of the rains that have fallen in the region in the last week, blocking access roads.

“We have almost all the access roads blocked. The crops on the banks are already submerged,” said the administrator.

Between October and April, Mozambique is cyclically hit by cyclonic winds from the Indian Ocean and by floods from southern African watersheds, in addition to droughts that almost always affect some parts of the south of the country.

The 2018/2019 rainy season was one of the most severe in Mozambique: 714 people died, including 648 victims of two cyclones (Idai and Kenneth) that hit central and northern Mozambique.

Source: Lusa