Hung-up trees, covered houses, destroyed power lines: The tropical hurricane “Kenneth” in Mozambique. The civil protection authority reported the first death.
For the second Time in six weeks, a severe cyclone Mozambique has been hit and severe damage. In the Northern province of Cabo Delgado trees fell on houses and power lines, roofs covered and huts destroyed, as the mosambikan reported-British news portal “Zitamar News”. The local airport was closed, and in many places, electricity and telephone lines are interrupted.
700,000
On the island of Ibo threatened, around 6000 people are living, have been destroyed by the storm, 90 percent of the houses, stated authorities representative. In anticipation of the storm, the inhabitants of the island had fled with supplies to the fortress of Ibo. Total protection authority according to the disaster, approximately 700,000 people in the path of the cyclone. More than 30,000 families were, according to media reports, as a precautionary measure, been brought to safety.
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