One dead as Cyclone Kenneth pummels Mozambique eNCA
This handout picture provided on April 26, 2019 by the World Food Programme shows a destroyed house in Macomia district, Mozambique.and wrecking homes and communications, barely a month after the country was hit by one of the worst storms in its history.
By mid-Friday, its peak winds of 160 kilometres an hour had fallen back to about 70 kph, according to the national meteorological institute. In many affected communities, areas"are prone to flooding and landslides in normal rainfall, and this is far from a normal situation," it warned.On the tourist island of Ibo, home to 6,000 people, 90 percent of homes had been flattened, according to a spokesman for the INGC, Antonio Beleza.
The storm also smashed into Zimbabwe and Malawi. In the three countries, more than a thousand lives were lost, and damage is estimated at around $2-billion .
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