Fifty-seven people are confirmed dead and more than 330 000 have been affected by the flooding and destruction Cyclone Freddy caused in Mozambique’s Zambezia and Sofala provinces in late February and earlier in March, says ForAfrika’s country manager for Mozambique, Arsenio Mucavele.
ForAfrika, the largest African humanitarian organisation in Africa, is working alongside communities in the country, which has been devastated by a cyclone that the World Meteorological Organization said is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere and could be the world’s longest-lasting tropical one on record.
Here are the latest figures:
| Sofala | Zambezia | |
| Families/households affected | 24 334 | 42 912 |
| Individuals affected | 120 961 | 211 789 |
| Confirmed deaths | 4 | 53 |
| Wounded people | 5 | 276 |
| Houses damaged | 6 287 | 22 978 |
| Houses completely destroyed | 16 490 | 18 174 |
| Houses flooded | 1 619 | Assessment ongoing |
| Schools affected | 73 | 540 |
| Classrooms affected | 57 | 1 468 |
| Pupils affected | Assessment ongoing | 115 871 |
| Teachers affected | Assessment ongoing | 2 325 |
| Crops affected | 40 711ha | 191 562ha |
| Hospitals affected | 4 | 50 |
| Fallen electricity poles | 42 | Assessment ongoing |
| Power transformers damaged | 1 | 18 |
| Active accommodation centres | 47 | 94 |
| Total people at accommodation centres | 19 246 | 37 302 |
Needs:
- Immediate food assistance for the internally displaced people
- Hygiene kits
- Special water purification kits – water is contaminated due to the floods and new cases of diarrhoea are rising at resettlement centres
- Emergency non-food items (blankets, cups, mosquito nets, spoons, soap, tarpaulins, pots, etc.)
- Seeds and tools for the next planting season
- Water tanks
- Reconstruction kits (building)
To find out more about how ForAfrika is helping in Mozambique: https://www.forafrika.org/our-work/emergency-response/cyclone-in-mozambique/
To assist ForAfrika in Mozambique: https://www.forafrika.org/donate/