Disaster

ActionAid is providing emergency relief to thousands of people affected by the recent heavy flooding in Mozambique and Malawi, where torrential rains have destroyed essential infrastructure and left thousands of people homeless.

Fierce storms in southern Mozambique and Malawi have killed more than 40 people and forced more than 18,000 people to flee their homes.

Mozambique - L'OIM au Mozambique a réceptionné du matériel de construction d'abris d'urgence donné par le gouvernement américain pour plus de 5 000 familles touchées dans la province de Zambézia.

Plus de 67 000 personnes ont été touchées lorsque le cyclone Funso s'est abattu sur la province mi-janvier. Quelque 4 000 familles ont vu leurs maisons complétement détruites et 8 000 autres sérieusement endommagées.

ANTANANRIVO, 15 February 2012 (IRIN) - At least 10 people have died after Cyclone Giovanna struck Madagascar but details of its impact on the regions which bore the brunt of the category-four tropical storm remain sketchy, as communications and electricity supplies have been cut.

The cyclone made landfall in the early hours of 14 February south of the port town of Toamasina and then carved a path through heavily populated areas towards the capital, Antananarivo, reportedly uprooting trees, damaging infrastructure, causing landslides and flooding as it moved inland.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to Mozambique following the cyclone and floods which have ravaged southern and central parts of the country in recent days.

Emergency goods were dispatched from JICA’s South Africa warehouse, arriving at Maputo International Airport on 6 February. A handover ceremony was held at 12:15 (local time) on that day at the the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC) in the airport.

02/09/2012 13:14 GMT

MAPUTO, February 9, 2012 (AFP) - Rescue workers in Mozambique have found the bodies of three more people killed in flooding after twin tropical storms ravaged the Indian Ocean coast in January, bringing the death toll to 40, an official said Thursday.

"The death toll from cyclones Dando and Funso that struck the country in January has risen from 37 last week to 40 this week, based on the government's weekly monitoring data," government spokesman Alberto Nkutumula told AFP.

The British Red Cross has deployed a delegate to support the Mozambique Red Cross after tropical storm Dando caused flooding across six provinces. The delegate will help assess needs and co-ordinate Red Cross relief operations in the country.