Cyclone Kenneth: Mozambique rescuers struggle to reach victims as toll rises

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Thousands of people in remote areas of storm-lashed Mozambique were homeless and bracing for imminent flooding, food and water shortages as Cyclone Kenneth...

The first reported death was caused by a falling coconut tree in Pemba."Tropical Cyclone Kenneth has now 'stalled' over Cabo Delgado... where it is expected to bring heavy rains in the coming days," the OCHA said.

Mozambique's emergencies agency, the INGC, has reported severe flooding, mudslides and widespread power outages.It said Kenneth -- which has receded into a tropical depression -- had damaged or destroyed 3,300 homes, and about 18,000 people were housed in emergency shelters. "We really need to know about the cities with 90 percent damage. Now we look for some aircraft and evaluate all the locations," Captain Kleber Castro of the Brazil rescue service told AFP on the tarmac at Pemba airport.

"It looks like the island has been bombed... It is biblical," said Kevin Record, a South African tour operator and owner of a hotel on Ibo."A lot of people can be impacted in the region where the flooding is large and widespread," said Castro.

 

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