Millions of people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe have been affected by what is the worst natural disaster to hit southern Africa in at least two decades. As much as 250mm of torrential rain, or about a quarter of the average annual rainfall for the region, is forecast over the next few days. Are you in the area?
By way of comparison, this would be nearly double the amount that fell on the central city of Beira during Cyclone Idai -- a downpour that turned parts of the region into an inland sea. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. Homeless people take shelter in a Community Centre on April 25, in Moroni after tropical storm Kenneth hit Comoros. How ruby smugglers nurtured jihadists in Mozambique, Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones explained. The storm also smashed into Zimbabwe and Malawi. Protesters storm parliament over Kyrgyzstan vote, How a Holocaust survivor is changing US policing. By way of comparison, this would be nearly double the amount that fell on the central city of Beira during Cyclone Idai -- a downpour that turned parts of the region into an inland sea. This photo supplied by World Food Programme shows the Wimbi Beach in Pemba, after Cyclone Kenneth made landfall on April 26. Beira (Mozambique) (AFP) - A powerful cyclone pounded northern Mozambique on Friday, leaving one person dead and wrecking homes and communications, barely a month after the country was hit by one of the worst storms in its history.
On the tourist island of Ibo, home to 6,000 people, 90 percent of homes had been flattened, according to a spokesman for the INGC, Antonio Beleza. A man holds an umbrella beneath storm clouds over Wimbe beach, as the region braces for further rainfall in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth in Pemba Mozambique, on April 27. So far, in response to Idai and Kenneth, Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit operates six clinics, and the organization established 10 child-friendly spaces and 26 temporary learning centers that have reached more than 9,500 children. With high winds and torrential rain, Kenneth made landfall in the country’s north on Thursday night, five weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated its … Authorities have advised people to move to higher ground amid concern that thousands may be trapped in remote villages. Comoros is still reeling from damage caused by the cyclone, which battered the islands with high winds and heavy rains. Residents of Nitate, Pemba, looking at a house that got damaged by floodwaters in northern Mozambique, on April 28. The death toll from Cyclone Kenneth rose to 38 today, but aid workers fear that is just the tip of the iceberg.
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