Analysis - While Mozambicans count the cost after the deadly Cyclone Freddy, people in Beira continue to wait for support four years after Idai.
- for a second time - on the night of 11 March, causing devastating damage in Niassa, Zambezia, Tete, Manica and Sofala provinces. Though authorities are still surveying the damage, the latest figures suggest the powerful winds and heavy rains caused at least 76 deaths, destroyed 33,000 homes, and affected over 540,000 people. At least 34 bridges and about 2,700 km of roads have been reported to have been destroyed, according to Mozambique's roads authority ANE.
"The authorities had warned of the cyclone's arrival, but nobody imagined it would be so intense," adds Zito Ossumane, a journalist with Quelimane-based newspaper Txopela."We were practically taken by surprise. Everything is destroyed and many families are displaced and without access to essential goods."
Government aid for victims in these reception centres is meagre, with many displaced people claiming to have only one or two small meals a day. This situation is partly due to the fact that the cyclone destroyed the roof of a warehouse that contained 40 tonnes of emergency food assistance.
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