{"id":267039,"date":"2024-12-17T17:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/17\/dozens-in-mozambique-killed-by-intense-cyclone\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T17:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:56:29","slug":"dozens-in-mozambique-killed-by-intense-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/17\/dozens-in-mozambique-killed-by-intense-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens in Mozambique killed by &#8216;intense&#8217; cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/770\/77036385.295.jpg\" alt=\"Most of those whose deaths have been confirmed were hit by fallen objects, the authorities said\" title=\"Most of those whose deaths have been confirmed were hit by fallen objects, the authorities said\" width=\"295\" height=\"158\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Most of those whose deaths have been confirmed were hit by fallen objects, the authorities said<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">At least 34 people have died following &#8220;one of the most intense storms ever recorded&#8221; in northern Mozambique, the country&#8217;s National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management (INGD) has said.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclone Chido made landfall in Mozambique on Sunday, after wreaking havoc in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds are feared dead in Mayotte &#8211; a French overseas region &#8211; and several people &#8211; including more than 200 Red Cross volunteers &#8211; are thought to be missing.<\/p>\n<p>The INGD has called the situation in Mozambique &#8220;heart-breaking&#8221; and warned that the death toll is likely to rise.<\/p>\n<p>More than 34,000 Mozambican families have lost their homes to Chido, which brought winds of around 260km\/h (160mph).<\/p>\n<p>Schools, health facilities and fishing boats were also destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Chido struck northern provinces that are regularly battered by cyclones. The are is also plagued by attacks from Islamist militants.<\/p>\n<p>The cyclone made landfall in Cabo Delgado before travelling further inland to Niassa and Nampula, where a three-year-old girl was among the fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>Most of those killed by Chido were hit by objects that were falling down, such as brick walls, INGD spokesperson Paulo Tomas said.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity and communications have also been upended &#8211; state-owned power company Electricidade de Mo\u00e7ambique (EDM) announced that around 200,000 customers are without power.<\/p>\n<p>In Mayotte, widespread damage to infrastructure &#8211; with downed power lines and impassable roads &#8211; is severely hindering emergency operations.<\/p>\n<p>Chido was the strongest storm to strike the territory in more than 90 years.<\/p>\n<p>The official death toll on the islands has reached 21, but it is thought that hundreds of people may have died.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are talking about the entire area, if not the whole island completely destroyed and washed away. What is really scary is the number of people that are still missing,&#8221; Tommaso Della Longa, a spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross, told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>He added that more than 200 Red Cross volunteers are among those feared missing.<\/p>\n<p>A French MP on the island, Estelle Youssouffa, has said she fears that tens of thousands of people have died as a result of the cyclone.<\/p>\n<p>She told the BBC that the magnitude of the destruction was hard to comprehend with 90% of the buildings damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The French authorities have imposed a night-time curfew in Mayotte to prevent looting.<\/p>\n<p>Just last year, Mozambique was left reeling from Cyclone Freddy, one of the longest-lived storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the whole world.<\/p>\n<p>More than 180 in the country were killed, the World Meteorological Organization said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/214\/21472592.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cyclone Chido devastates Mayotte\u2019s capital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of those whose deaths have been confirmed were hit by fallen objects, the authorities said At least 34 people have died following &#8220;one of the most intense storms ever recorded&#8221; in northern Mozambique, the country&#8217;s National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management (INGD) has said. 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