Mozambique braces for CycloneKenneth
Violent winds caused landslides and flooding and cut off roads in Comoros in the vanguard of tropical storm Kenneth, set to hit Wednesday evening before heading to recently cyclone-ravaged Mozambique, officials said.Chief of the Comoros Centre for Relief and Civil Protection Centre Mouigni Daho said the arrival of the cyclone on the island was preceded by strong winds and floods.Comoros Interior Minister Mohamed “Kiki” Daoudou urged citizens Wednesday to “stay calm and follow the instructions.
The Mozambique National Meteorology Institute warned in a statement that the storm system was intensifying. “We have water, we have a generator, we are prepared. We’ve done everything we were told to,” said a hotel owner in the small town of Mucojo which is projected to be close to the eye of the cyclone.“We’ve learned with Idai that it’s a good strategy to allocate the rescue means before the cyclone…” Augusto Maita, general director of INGC told AFP.
“We are concerned about the impact that this storm could have across the three countries,” regional director for Africa for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , Dr Fatoumata Nafo-Traore said.
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