Mozambique: More than 17,000 children deprived of education by Cyclone Jude
Mozambique: Death toll due to bad weather rises to 38
9:57 CAT | 24 Jan 2020
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The number of deaths due to bad weather in Mozambique has risen to 38, the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) said on Friday in a statement.
The highest number of deaths (27) occurred in Zambezia province, followed by Maputo with six. Manica and Niassa have two each, and the city of Beira registered one death.
Still in the current rainy season, 66 people were injured as a result of various weather phenomena.
The INGC reported that there are more than 13,000 families affected in some way by the storms, that is, about 62,000 people, many with flooded homes, especially in the centre of the country, in a scenario that repeats itself every rainy season, between October and April.
The rainy season affected more than 600 classrooms, 47 schools, about 12,000 homes, 10 health units and more than a hundred power pylons.
The 2018/2019 rainy season was one of the most severe – 714 people died, including 648 victims of two cyclones (Idai and Kenneth) that hit the country.
Source: Lusa
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