About 40 people were injured, around 35 000 houses partially or completely destroyed. Meteorologists, the Floods are likely to increase in the area. the
a Few days after the Arrival of severe tropical cyclone Kenneth in the North of Mozambique, the death toll has risen to at least 38. In addition, about 40 people were injured, said the civil protection authority. The day before, the authorities had spoken of the deaths of eight people.
as a result of the cyclone and the subsequent Floods have destroyed about 35 000 houses partially or completely. Aides warned that the full extent of the destruction was still unclear. The United Nations accounted for $ 13 million (11.4 million euros) in emergency aid ready the European Union for 1.5 million Euro.
The Floods in the area are expected to worsen, according to meteorologists, due to continuing rain. In addition, some places are cut off from the outside world. “We fear that many people have lost not only your home, but also that their livelihood is at risk if fields and food reserves washed away,” said the programme Director of the organization world hunger relief, Bettina Iseli.
Kenneth was initially pulled over the island state of Comoros and in the night to Friday then, with a strength of four to a maximum of five in the North of Mozambique in the Cabo Delgado province in the country. For Mozambique it was the second natural disaster within a few weeks, Until mid-March, the former Portuguese colony had been hit by cyclone Idai. He left behind in the centre of the country a trail of destruction. About 600 people were killed.