Cyclone threatens damage to African port facilities "The confluence of multiple threats is compounding a severe humanitarian situation in Mozambique where two million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula. In 2023, humanitarian partners target to support 1.6 million conflict affected people.
The climate and cholera crises are far above the capacity of humanitarian organizations on the ground. Humanitarian supplies and capacity in central and southern Mozambique are limited and resources for the humanitarian response in the conflict-affected provinces in the north is also struggling with resource shortfalls.
Development partners need to support the Government in repairs to road infrastructure, schools, health facilities as well as to support the imminent short planting season. Without these, logistics challenges will hinder the humanitarian response as well as the resumption of classes, health services and economic activities. People’s resilience and self-reliance will be severely affected.
Mozambique needs urgent support to address the losses and damages caused by the current climate crisis and avoid yet another externally induced setback to its poverty reduction and sustainable development progress."
Mozambique: Severe Tropical Storm Freddy and Floods - Flash Update No.6 (as of 02 March 2023) [EN/PT] - Mozambique | ReliefWeb
"In Mozambique, nearly 166,600 people have been affected by Tropical Storm Freddy, according to National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD). Authorities reported that nearly 9,900 displaced people took shelter in 40 accommodation sites in Inhambane, Gaza, Sofala and Maputo, and about 800 people have been rescued. More than 28,300 houses were destroyed (1,667), damaged (13,966) or flooded (12,733). At least 25 health facilities and 919 classrooms were destroyed, leaving 68,280 children out of school. Over 38,100 hectares of crops were impacted and more than 18,700 hectares of crops have been lost. Authorities across the affected provinces have requested support to provide agricultural inputs to remedy the loss of crops through a successful short-crops season. Inputs should be provided by April to farmers to enable planting and harvest in July/September.
Meanwhile, four districts in Sofala, Niassa and Zambezia, together with Niassa Province, have been declared cholera free. Despite progress, over the last week, the number of cases have risen by 15 per cent over the past week (from 5,638 to 6,690), with concerns that continued rainfall and flooding could exacerbate the outbreak."
Southern Africa: Tropical Cyclone Freddy - Flash Update No. 5 (06 March 2023) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb
A cyclone caused serious damage to port facilities a couple years ago, while drought and flood has reduced crop production for the last several years. Southern Africa on the brink of civil deterioration of safety and social unrest.
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