Severe tropical storm Filipo killed at least one person and injured a further seven, as it passed through southern Mozambique on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD).
Maputo — Severe tropical storm Filipo killed at least one person and injured a further seven, as it passed through southern Mozambique on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute .
There are also 23 schools hit by the storm, in which 74 classrooms were destroyed, affecting 4,220 pupils and 80 teachers. According to the publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, the storm deprived around 100,000 people of electricity. However, EDM brigades went to work almost immediately to repair the damage. By Thursday power had been restored to most of EDM's clients, leaving only 11,256 still without electricity.
By Thursday afternoon, Filipo had moved away from the mainland and into the Mozambique Channel. The National Meteorological Institute downgraded it to a moderate tropical storm.
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