USAID providing immediate assistance to respond to Tropical Cyclone Gombe in Mozambique

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USAID providing immediate assistance to respond to Tropical Cyclone Gombe in Mozambique

3:08 CAT | 23 Mar 2022

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 in humanitarian assistance in response to immediate needs in Mozambique following Tropical Cyclone Gombe. To date, the storm’s torrential rainfall and high winds have impacted more than 400,000 people, resulted in more than 50 deaths, and caused significant damage to housing, crops, and infrastructure.

With these funds, USAID is supporting CARE International to provide urgently needed shelter and water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance to support storm-affected people in Nampula province. USAID staff in Mozambique, South Africa, and Washington, D.C., are closely monitoring the humanitarian impacts of Tropical Cyclone Gombe in coordination with humanitarian partners and interagency partners throughout the region and assessing additional needs in affected areas.

The United States is the single largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Mozambique, providing more than $92 million in humanitarian assistance since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2021. The United States stands with communities in Mozambique as they recover from this storm.

NEWS: @USAID is providing $100,000 in humanitarian assistance to support communities in Mozambique affected by Tropical Cyclone #Gombe. See how our partner @CARE will use this funding to help survivors of the storm’s torrential rainfall and high winds. https://t.co/XL3AL8vhPk pic.twitter.com/hBCFN4OkqP

— USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (@USAIDSavesLives) March 21, 2022