Mozambique: Prime Minister to asses cyclone damage – AIM

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Mozambique: Prime Minister to asses cyclone damage – AIM

9:37 CAT | 15 Mar 2022

Photo: Conselho dos Serviços Provinciais de Representação do Estado - Nampula

Mozambican Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane is visiting the northern province of Nampula on Monday to assess the damage caused by cyclone Gombe.

The latest figures, issued on Monday by the Mozambican relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD), are that the number of known deaths caused by the cyclone has risen to 15.

The cyclone struck the coastal district of Nampula on Friday morning, with winds of up to 240 kilometres an hour, and gusts of 240 kilometres an hour. It caused severe damage, destroying many homes and other buildings, and affecting over 100,000 people.

As Gombe moved inland, it lost strength, and eventually dissipated over southern Malawi on Saturday.

A note from Maleiane’s office said that the main purposes of his visit to Nampula are to monitor actions of humanitarian response under way in the areas hit by the cyclone, to express the government’s solidarity, and to assess emergency reconstruction needs to replace the basic social facilities that have been destroyed.

Maleiane will visit cyclone-hit areas in Mogincual and Monapo districts, and hold meetings with State bodies in the province and members of the Emergency Operational Committee.

Although the cyclone did not score a direct hit on the neighbouring province of Zambezia, the torrential rains it brought, according to a report in Wednesday’s issue of the independent daily “O Pais”, destroyed 82 houses and damaged 242 others. Gombe also damaged 15 classrooms and seven places of worship. 17 people were injured, mostly because their flimsy houses collapsed on top of them.

The INGD Zambezia provincial delegate, Nelson Ludovico, said the rains had cut the access roads to Mocubela and Pebane districts.

Source: AIM