In Mozambique, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres begins a two-day visit Thursday to assess the damage from storms Idai and Kenneth, which devastated the country earlier this year. Guterres will meet with President Filipe Nyusi to begin his travel, and receive updated briefings from UN agencies in the field…
As Mozambique hosts a donor conference to support cyclone relief efforts – it begins Friday in Beira – the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that the destruction caused by storms Idai and Kenneth is a wake-up call to deal with impacts linked to climate change. Tropical cyclones, coastal flooding and…
Just over a month since areas of the country were laid waste by Cyclone Idai—the deadliest cyclone to hit southern Africa in more than a century— a new natural disaster has struck Mozambique. Cyclone Kenneth made landfall with wind speeds of 220km per hour, killing hundreds and devastating infrastructure, buildings…
Monica is a freelance journalist based in Kenya
About 1.6 million children impacted by Cyclone Idai in southeast Africa are in dire need of assistance, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday in an international appeal for help. The storm affected one million children in Mozambique, another 443,000 in Malawi and 130,000 in Zimbabwe, UNICEF said, adding…
Reported cases of cholera in Mozambique soared past 1,400 people, according to Wednesday’s update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. That includes a first cholera fatality reported in the hard-hit port city of Beira. The cholera spike, feared in the wake of devastating Cyclone Idai, prompted…
There are just six toilets for some 3,000 people taking shelter in 15 classrooms in a half-flooded school in Beira, just one example of the crisis that continues in Mozambique 10 days after Cyclone Idai devastated the country. All told, there are 110,000 people in regional shelters, and reports of…
The nation of Mozambique begins three days of mourning Wednesday following the catastrophic strike of Cyclone Idai, even as the waters continue to rise and a new threat emerges: extreme heat. And more rain. The Instituto Nacional de Meteorología issued an alert warning that temperatures of 38C to 41C (100 to 106…
There’s increasingly dire news from the nation of Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Idai, which made landfall late Thursday near the port city of Beira, home to more than a half million people. In a statement to the nation on Monday, President Filipe Nyusi said 84 people are confirmed…
Reports are just beginning to come in from the city of Beira in Mozambique, where Cyclone Idai made landfall on Thursday, but President Filipe Nyusi has described the damage as major and said the storm has destroyed hospitals, schools and other critical infrastructure. Power is completely cut off in Beira…
The city of Beira in Mozambique was in total darkness as Cyclone Idai arrived Thursday, cutting off the power to a half million people who were waiting for daylight to assess the destruction from the storm. Cyclone Idai made landfall with the city squarely in its sights, arriving late Thursday…
The nation of Mozambique is bracing for the impending arrival of Cyclone Idai, a powerful storm expected to make landfall late Thursday, in areas just north of the coastal city of Beira already flooded from recent heavy rains. The Instituto Nacional de Meteorología has issued a high-level red alert for…