The Latest: UN allocates $20 million to aid cyclone victims
5 years, 9 months ago

The Latest: UN allocates $20 million to aid cyclone victims

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The latest on tropical cyclone : 12:10 a.m. Wednesday The United Nations has allocated $20 million from its emergency response fund for the humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. ___ 11:05 p.m. Mozambique’s president says more than 200 people are confirmed dead in his country alone after a tropical cyclone roared ashore in the southern African nation over the weekend. President Filipe Nyusi announced the death toll while meeting with his ministers in the largely destroyed city of Beira, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported late Tuesday. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi said the death toll could go as high as 1,000 from the cyclone and flooding.

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UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
10 months, 1 week ago

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United Nations’ refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency by a jihadi group that has thrown the north of the country into turmoil. Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, was on a visit to Mozambique’s northern …

UN releases $125 million for 14 underfunded humanitarian crises around the world
1 year, 4 months ago

UN releases $125 million for 14 underfunded humanitarian crises around the world

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations released $125 million from its emergency relief fund Tuesdat to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries around the world, saying needs are skyrocketing. The U.N. Central Emergency Relief Fund known will also provide $6.5 million to both Central African Republic and Mozambique, $6 million to both Cameroon and the Palestinian territories and $4 …

World Bank gives Mozambique $150m for Cyclone Freddy recovery
1 year, 7 months ago

World Bank gives Mozambique $150m for Cyclone Freddy recovery

Al Jazeera  

Part grant, part loan, the money is drawn from the bank’s existing projects for Mozambique. The World Bank has moved $150m of the funds it has earmarked for Mozambique projects to help fund the Southern African nation’s efforts to recover from Cyclone Freddy. The World Bank said the money would help the Mozambican government to restore transport infrastructure and provide …

Cyclone Freddy death toll passes 600 as calls grow for international aid
1 year, 9 months ago

Cyclone Freddy death toll passes 600 as calls grow for international aid

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over 600 people have died after Cyclone Freddy wrought destruction in three countries over the …

Cyclone Freddy has affected over 500,000 people in Malawi: UN
1 year, 9 months ago

Cyclone Freddy has affected over 500,000 people in Malawi: UN

Deccan Chronicle  

Geneva : Tropical Cyclone Freddy has affected over 500,000 people in Southeastern Africa's Malawi, the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Friday as the devastation continues to rise. The United Nations assured that their team is present in each affected province and is working closely with the authorities to provide aid to over 49,000 people …

Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi hits 326 as 183,159 displaced
1 year, 9 months ago

Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi hits 326 as 183,159 displaced

Hindustan Times  

The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy has risen to 326, the country's president said Thursday, bringing the total number of victims across southern Africa to more than 400 since February. Cyclone Freddy in Malawi: Displaced flood victims from Chiradzulu district cook at Montfort Primary School which is used for temporary shelter, after their homes were damaged by mudslides …

Malawi and Mozambique devastated by floods as Cyclone Freddy kills 300
1 year, 9 months ago

Malawi and Mozambique devastated by floods as Cyclone Freddy kills 300

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Devastated communities and relief workers in Malawi and Mozambique are tackling the aftermath of Cyclone …

Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with 'dangerous' rainfall
1 year, 10 months ago

Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with 'dangerous' rainfall

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 Tropical Cyclone Freddy dumped “dangerous …

Hunger spreading as Mozambique crisis reaches tipping point
3 years, 9 months ago

Hunger spreading as Mozambique crisis reaches tipping point

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of people shelter in displacement camps with limited food supplies across Cabo Delgado in wake of attack on Palma town. Halima Adhu Jose is still struggling to get over the horror she experienced two weeks ago when she escaped Palma, a town in Mozambique’s far northern Cabo Delgado province. “I don’t know how long we can continue to live …

UN: 250,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique
3 years, 11 months ago

UN: 250,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique

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 Cyclone Eloise has affected 250,000 …

UN launches new Zimbabwe appeal as millions face food crisis
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 …

Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones
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, …

Heavy rains disrupt aid for survivors of Mozambique cyclones
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 …

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

Mozambique hit by new cyclone; 3 dead, flooding feared
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 …

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

After cyclone and cholera, Mozambique now battles hunger
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. …

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

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

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

Cyclone Idai: families desperately search for loved ones in aftermath of disaster
5 years, 9 months ago

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

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. “My home is gone, but I’m also happy because …

Cyclone Idai: Death toll could soar above 1,000 as need for humanitarian aid grows
5 years, 9 months ago

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

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 Fears are rising that the …

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

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

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

300 dead, 35,000 at risk as Cyclone Idai rages through Mozambique, Zimbabwe; UN labels it 'one of the worst storms in decades'
5 years, 9 months ago

300 dead, 35,000 at risk as Cyclone Idai rages through Mozambique, Zimbabwe; UN labels it 'one of the worst storms in decades'

Firstpost  

The UN said that one of the worst storms to hit southern Africa in decades had also unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Malawi, affecting nearly a million people and forcing more than 80,000 from their homes. “We already have more than 200 dead, and nearly 350,000 people are at risk,” Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced, while the government in Zimbabwe …

‘Major humanitarian’ crisis after cyclone slams southern Africa
5 years, 9 months ago

‘Major humanitarian’ crisis after cyclone slams southern Africa

Al Jazeera  

UN says 2.6 million people affected as rescuers struggle to reach victims trapped on rooftops and trees in remote areas. “This is the worst humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s recent history,” said Jamie LeSueur, who is leading rescue efforts in the hard-hit city of Beira for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. ‘Major humanitarian emergency’ Mozambique’s government …

Cyclone’s huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone’s huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa

Associated Press  

CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe — Aid workers rushed to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. “This is the worst humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s recent history,” said Jamie LeSueur, head of response efforts for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. “I lost so much …

AP Explains: Why southern African cyclone is so shattering
5 years, 9 months ago

AP Explains: Why southern African cyclone is so shattering

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at risk after a cyclone ripped into central Mozambique and heavy rains continue to fall. A massive storm surge when Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique over the weekend created what one World Food Program staffer calls “inland oceans extending for miles and miles in all directions.” The city …

Cyclone Idai latest: Mozambique city submerged after disaster hits
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai latest: Mozambique city submerged after disaster hits

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. Cyclone Idai brought devastation to the major coastal city …

Over 1,000 feared dead after cyclone slams into Mozambique
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 1,000 feared dead after cyclone slams into Mozambique

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation’s president said. Speaking on state Radio Mozambique, Nyusi said that while the official death toll stood at 84, “It appears that we can register more than 1,000 deaths.” …

Cyclone Idai: survivors cling to rooftops in Mozambique as they await rescue
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai: survivors cling to rooftops in Mozambique as they await rescue

CNN  

CNN — Cyclone Idai has swept through Southern Africa, potentially killing hundreds of people and leaving widespread flooding in Mozambique. Fears are growing for more than 500,000 people in the Mozambique city of Beira, after aid agency officials warned that 90% of the area had been destroyed by Cyclone Idai. Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Children pick up books left to …

Cyclone Idai: Hundreds feared dead as tropical storm batters Zimbabwe and Mozambique
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai: Hundreds feared dead as tropical storm batters Zimbabwe and Mozambique

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 At least 157 people have …

Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe, at least 31 people dead
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe, at least 31 people dead

Al Jazeera  

The storm which brought floodwater and widespread destruction to Mozambique and Malawi has reached Zimbabwe. At least 31 people have been killed and dozens are missing in parts of eastern Zimbabwe after the country was hit by tropical cyclone Idai which lashed neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi, the government said. Serious humanitarian crisis unfolding in chimanimani chipinge most of our structures …

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