Over the next 10 days, the storm is expected to dump twice as much rain as Cyclone Idai did last month, according to a World Food Program spokesman
Debris is seen in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth, in Pemba, Mozambique, on April 26, 2019, in this still image obtained from social media.The second powerful cyclone to strike Mozambique in just six weeks ripped off roofs, killed at least one person and dumped heavy rain on Friday as the United Nations warned of “massive flooding” ahead.
The new cyclone made landfall Thursday night in a part of Mozambique that hasn’t seen such a storm in at least 60 years, forecasters said, again raising concerns about climate change and the country’s vulnerable, 2,400-kilometre Indian Ocean coastline. “The families whose lives have been turned upside down by these climate-related disasters urgently need the generosity of the international community to survive over the coming months,” he said.
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