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Mauritius lifts storm alert after cyclone passes. French island of Reunion is also assessing damage

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3 years, 1 month ago

India first responder in Indian Ocean Region: Rajnath Singh

The Hindu

Time and again India has proved itself to be “first responder” in the Indian Ocean Region, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday while stating that the pandemic has reaffirmed the “centrality of multilateralism” in our interconnected world not only for matters of international security but also disaster management. “India’s unique position in the IOR, complemented by a capability of …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Droughts or storms? The dire dilemma of Zimbabwe climate migrants

Al Jazeera

For many farmers who migrated to the country’s Eastern Highlands, hopes for a better life are turning into a nightmare amid tropical storms and cyclones. Mutara, Zimbabwe – A decade ago, Lloyd Gweshengwe migrated to Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands, lured by the region’s abundant rainfall, fertile soils and good grazing land for his livestock. “Life here has been good but we …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Devastated Indonesian parents mourn children lost to COVID-19

Al Jazeera

The archipelago has seen a surge in child deaths since the Delta variant took hold in July. “We came back here from Maumere because our child is dead,” Mari said. But right now, we have a lot of children dying.” Experts warn that a slow vaccination drive outside big cities is also putting young people in danger, as many children …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Cyclone weakens in central Mozambique, but flooding a threat

The Independent

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5 years, 5 months ago

UN launches new Zimbabwe appeal as millions face food crisis

Deccan Chronicle

Harare: The UN food agency, on Tuesday, launched a $331-million appeal for aid donations to feed millions of people in crisis-hit Zimbabwe, which is reeling from a drought and the high cost of food. A former regional breadbasket, Zimbabwe's economy has been on a downturn for over a decade with perennial food shortages, a foreign currency crunch, scarcity of basic …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this year and left hundreds dead, raising alarm about the effects of climate change on coastal nations. The storms wiped out crops on the eve of harvest in one of the world’s least developed countries, …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Mozambique church a refuge for Muslim cyclone survivors

Associated Press

PEMBA, Mozambique — Next to a marble pulpit inside a Catholic church, a young Muslim girl chases around with other children. Situated in the heart of this predominantly Muslim but diverse city ravaged by Cyclone Kenneth, the Maria Auxiliadora parish houses those displaced by the storm in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s northernmost province. “We don’t ask about people’s religions, human life …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Heavy rains disrupt aid for survivors of Mozambique cyclones

Associated Press

PEMBA, Mozambique — Rains pounded parts of northern Mozambique on Tuesday, several days after Cyclone Kenneth struck the southern African nation, while the U.N. said aid workers faced difficulties in reaching thousands of survivors and the death toll rose to 41, the government said. The rains and flooding kept needed supplies from arriving in the main city of Pemba on …

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5 years, 8 months ago

160,000 at risk in Mozambique after 2nd cyclone in 6 weeks

Associated Press

PEMBA, Mozambique — A second disaster unfolded on Sunday in northern Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as raging flood waters killed one person and began to cut off the region’s main city from the outside world. “It’s an awful sense of deja vu,” said Nicholas Finney, response team leader with the aid group Save the Children. “We will …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Ocean changes affected deadly duo of Mozambique cyclones

Associated Press

BERLIN — Warming waters and rising sea levels are affecting Indian Ocean cyclones such as those that have wrought havoc in Mozambique in recent weeks, making them potentially more deadly. “This was certainly the case for Cyclone Idai,” Carabante said, adding that many affected areas are prone to flooding and landslides even with normal levels of rainfall. “And this is …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Mozambique hit by new cyclone; 3 dead, flooding feared

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — The second powerful cyclone to rip into Mozambique in just six weeks stunned residents Friday in a region where such storms had not been recorded in the modern era. More worryingly, the storm’s remnants in the next 10 days could dump twice as much rain as Cyclone Idai did on central Mozambique last month, World Food Program spokesman …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai’s death toll now above 1,000 in southern Africa

Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The death toll from the cyclone that ripped into southern Africa last month is now above 1,000, while the number of cholera cases among survivors has risen above 4,000. The United Nations has described Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi nearly a month ago, as “one of the deadliest storms on record in the southern …

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5 years, 9 months ago

After cyclone and cholera, Mozambique now battles hunger

Associated Press

BOPIRA, Mozambique — Mozambique’s first disaster was a cyclone. Such a “second harvest” normally accounts for just 10 percent of annual food production, the United Nations’ World Food Program said. That season will start “atypically early in August” and continue into early 2020, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network said over the weekend, adding that local seed prices could rise. …

Food Cyclone Mozambique Battles Hunger Crop Fields

5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai: Mozambique confirms first cholera death as 517 cases recorded in a week

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city of Beira …

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5 years, 9 months ago

1st cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city

Associated Press

BEIRA, Mozambique — The first cases of cholera have been confirmed in the cyclone-ravaged city of Beira, Mozambican authorities announced on Wednesday, raising the stakes in an already desperate fight to help hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in increasingly squalid conditions. The five cholera cases were confirmed in Munhava, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the hard-hit port city, …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Mozambique city fought climate change, but cyclone roared in

Associated Press

BEIRA, Mozambique — Long before Cyclone Idai roared in and tore apart Mozambique’s seaside city of Beira, the mayor dreamed of protecting his people from climate change. “I’ve heard about climate change but didn’t believe it until I saw the cyclone,” he said. “Cyclone Idai was an uncommonly fierce and prolonged storm, yet another alarm bell about the dangers of …

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5 years, 9 months ago

‘Second disaster’: Fears of disease, hunger in Mozambique

Al Jazeera

Survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique are facing hunger and disease, say UN officials amid an urgent call for aid. Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique faces a “second disaster” from cholera and other diseases, officials have warned, as the United Nations launched an urgent aid appeal for an estimated 1.8 million people affected by storm winds and flash floods. “We fear that whole …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Mozambique floods cover more ground than NYC, Chicago, D.C., and Boston — combined

Salon

Post-flood satellite images of Mozambique show that Cyclone Idai submerged about 835 square miles of homes and fields — an area larger than New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Boston combined. Aid workers in Mozambique describe the floodwaters as “inland oceans extending for miles and miles.” Idai’s official death toll in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi reached 761 on Monday, …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai: families desperately search for loved ones in aftermath of disaster

The Independent

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5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai: Death toll could soar above 1,000 as need for humanitarian aid grows

The Independent

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5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique: Relief teams scramble to get relief supplies to victims; 400 people killed in storm

Firstpost

A week after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique with winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour, the rescue effort rose up a gear but the situation was often chaotic. Beira: Aid workers faced disarray and a clamour for help Friday as they headed out across central Mozambique, battling to help tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai: 300 to 400 dead bodies washed up on Mozambique road, eyewitness says as details emerge of Cyclone Idai’s human toll

CNN

Beira, Mozambique CNN — As many as “300 to 400” bodies line the banks of a road out of the city of Beira in Mozambique, according to an eyewitness account, and flood waters have formed an inland ocean that is visible from outer space. Taylor said the bodies were located on a 6-kilometer track of highway, where flood waters had …

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5 years, 9 months ago

‘There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300

Associated Press

CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe — Mozambique began three days of national mourning on Wednesday for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, while the death toll in neighboring Zimbabwe rose to more than 100 from one of the most destructive storms to strike southern Africa in decades. “Some of the peasants in Mozambique were calling some of our people to say, ‘We …

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Mauritius lifts storm alert after cyclone passes. French island of Reunion is also assessing damage

India first responder in Indian Ocean Region: Rajnath Singh

Droughts or storms? The dire dilemma of Zimbabwe climate migrants

Devastated Indonesian parents mourn children lost to COVID-19

Cyclone weakens in central Mozambique, but flooding a threat

UN launches new Zimbabwe appeal as millions face food crisis

Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones

Mozambique church a refuge for Muslim cyclone survivors

Heavy rains disrupt aid for survivors of Mozambique cyclones

160,000 at risk in Mozambique after 2nd cyclone in 6 weeks

Ocean changes affected deadly duo of Mozambique cyclones

Mozambique hit by new cyclone; 3 dead, flooding feared

Cyclone Idai’s death toll now above 1,000 in southern Africa

After cyclone and cholera, Mozambique now battles hunger

Cyclone Idai: Mozambique confirms first cholera death as 517 cases recorded in a week

1st cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city

Mozambique city fought climate change, but cyclone roared in

‘Second disaster’: Fears of disease, hunger in Mozambique

Mozambique floods cover more ground than NYC, Chicago, D.C., and Boston — combined

Cyclone Idai: families desperately search for loved ones in aftermath of disaster

Cyclone Idai: Death toll could soar above 1,000 as need for humanitarian aid grows

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique: Relief teams scramble to get relief supplies to victims; 400 people killed in storm

Cyclone Idai: 300 to 400 dead bodies washed up on Mozambique road, eyewitness says as details emerge of Cyclone Idai’s human toll

‘There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300