Mozambique: No One Yet Knows Extent of Devastation - Election Registration Delayed

A week after the Cyclone Idai hit, the extent of devastation is still unclear. The government disasters body said today that 90,000 people are now in 109 accommodation centres. (bit.ly/MozCyclone10) But many were able to walk to schools and other public buildings being used as accommodation centres in Beira and Dondo, after their houses were destroyed. Uncounted tens of thousands of people are still stranded in the huge rural flooded area, many without food for the past week. Rescue is largely by local canoes and fishing boats.

World Food Programme has a warehouse in Beira, but it was largely destroyed in the cyclone and much of the food lost. It is using the food that survived to feed about 4000 people a day in Beira and Dondo, according to Gerald Bourke of the World Food Progamme. (Listen to the interview by Borges Nhamire on bit.ly/MozCyclone11 ) South African and Indian military planes and helicopters are also dropping food to stranded people.

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