Mozambique: Death toll in current rainy season 45 people – Authorities

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Mozambique: Death toll in current rainy season 45 people – Authorities

2:15 CAT | 28 Jan 2020

File photo: Lusa

The death toll due to bad weather in Mozambique in the current rainy season is 45, according to data from the National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC), to which Lusa had access.

Of the death toll, 35 were from lightning strikes, five in landslides and five drownings the INGC said.

The highest number of deaths (31) was recorded in Zambézia, in the centre of the country, followed by the provinces of Maputo, South, (six), Sofala, in the centre region, with four, and Manica (centre) and Niassa (northwest), with two each.

According to INGC, Sofala province has four people dead, but the municipality said there were three deaths until Friday, in the city of Beira alone.

The discrepancy in the numbers is due to the need for validation of the occurrences by the Ministry of Health.

In the current rainy season, 66 people have been injured as a result of various climatic phenomena.

The INGC reported that there are over 14,000 families affected in some way by the storms, that is, around 65,000 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 has already affected more than 600 classrooms, 47 schools, about 13,000 homes, 10 health units and more than a hundred power poles.

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

Source: Lusa