Tropical storm kills 2, injures 66 in Mozambique
A tropical storm that made landfall in Mozambique has killed two people and injured 66, the country’s disaster institute said, citing preliminary information.
In a statement on Tuesday, the National Institute for Management and Disaster Risk Reduction said that the moderate tropical storm, Ana, partially destroyed 546 homes and completely destroyed another 115.
It listed the affected provinces as Nampula, Zambezia, Tete, Niassa, Sofala, and Manica.
Mozambique has been repeatedly struck by severe storms and cyclones in recent years that have destroyed infrastructure and displaced large numbers of the southern African country’s population.
Experts say the storms have become stronger as waters have warmed due to climate change while rising sea levels have made low-lying coastal areas vulnerable.
In 2019 Cyclone Idai and the deadly floodwaters that followed it killed more than 1,000 people across Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.
(Reuters/NAN)
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