Niassa: Five roads about to be closed due to intense rain – Mozambique

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Niassa: Five roads about to be closed due to intense rain – Mozambique

10:55 CAT | 20 Feb 2024

Map: RM

Five roads in Niassa province are about to be closed to traffic as a result of the intense rain that has fallen in recent days, Radio Mozambique reports.

These are the Metangula-Cobué, Unango-Matchedje, Marrupa-Mecula, Muemba-Mavago and Mecanhelas-Etatara roads, which are waterlogged, as well as seeing bridges, aqueducts and carriageways partially destroyed due to erosion.

National Road Administration Niassa delegate Oreste Zezela, says that some bridges and platforms on the five roads in question are already flooded, restricting traffic to four-wheel drive vehicles.

Zezela estimates the cost of damage to the province’s roads so far this rainy season at more than 67 million meticais.

Currently, traffic on the Metangula-Meluluca Roads is at a halt due to the sweeping away of access to the bridge over the Meluluca and the Metangula-Messumba rivers caused by the rising waters of the Lunho river.

Source: Rádio Moçambique