The United Nations (UN) speaks of a dramatic situation in northern Mozambique, where the passage of a cyclone killed at least 45 people and left a scene of devastation.
Bincha Naquira reaches out to charity. Carries the weight of those who were left with nothingview of the sky looks like a little ant walking among the rubble left by the cyclone which hit the north of Mozambique at the weekend.
The house where he sheltered with his family is now a skeletongiven that the metal sheets were torn off by the vento which blew at 260 kilometers per hour. Vthere coming to drops to help the population in the district of Mecúfi, in the province of Cabo Delgado, in Mozambique, where 80% of the houses were destroyed.
A United Nations (UN) already assigned 3.8 million euros for victim assistance, but humanitarian teams say they cannot The place lacks everything. In northern Mozambique, the passage of the tropical cyclone left a trail of destruction and death. The devastation caused by nature This worsened the situation in a territory already very weakened by a civil war that has lasted seven years.
Nearly 190,000 displaced people need urgent support.
A 600 kilometers from the Mozambican coast, in the middle of the Indian Ocean, solidarity makes its way. It’s an in-and-out community center on the French island of Réunion, a improvised donation warehouse to help cyclone victims. Food and clothing will be transported in a military plane to the Mayotte archipelago.
This small French island territory in Africa was hit by worst cyclone in almost a century. O Papa Francisco paid condolences to the families of the victims.
“May God give rest to those who lost their lives, the necessary support to all who need it and comfort to the affected families.”
Several soldiers were deployed to deliver food, water and medicine and help with rescue operations. The French authorities admit that hundreds or even thousands of people have died and announced the overnight curfew to prevent looting.
