'Strongest-ever' cyclone leaves dozens dead in Mozambique

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Kenneth is the second powerful tropical storm to hit southeast Africa in five weeks. 9News

"The rain has stopped, at least for now. There is still water on the ground but the main roads in the city are now passable," resident Innocent Mushunje said.

"The soil is saturated with rain and the rivers are already swollen, so the emergency is likely to get worse," Michel Le Pechoux, UNICEF's deputy representative in Mozambique, said.Badly damaged communities are seen from an aerial view in Macomia district of Mozambique. Mr Finney said that the NGO tried to reach some of the hard-hit areas Sunday but were forced to turn back "because rivers had burst their banks and the roads were under water."

 

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