In Mozambique flooding traps thousands as rainy season worsens

Heavy rainfall raised water levels in southern Mozambique’s two main rivers, flooding cropland, blocking roads, and trapping thousands in their homes. By Sunday (26 Jan), over 22,000 people in the district of Chibuto – about 200 kilometers north of the capital, Maputo – were stranded by rising floodwaters, up from 6,000 just two days earlier. The flooding has also inundated 2,000 hectares of cropland, raising fears of food shortages.

This season has already seen two devastating cyclones. Cyclone Chido struck northern provinces on 14 December, killing at least 120 people and affecting 450,000, while Cyclone Dikeledi hit Nampula on 13 January, leaving 11 dead and displacing 250,000.

(Source Lusa)

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