Rains torment cyclone-hit Mozambique
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Torrential rain is battering northern Mozambique, grounding aid operations and hampering efforts to reach communities worst hit by Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone ever to hit Africa
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Apr 25: Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall with winds of 220km/h, killing dozens
of people and devastating villages

Rainfall accumulation (mm, Apr 24-30)

100-200 COMOROS: At least four people killed, 75,000 homes damaged
200-400

INDIAN OCEAN

Ibo island: Most homes destroyed

Pemba: Some 200,000 people in danger. Nearly 35,000 houses completely or partially destroyed. Around 31,000 hectares of crops lost
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TANZANIA
MTWARA
Macomia
MOZAMBIQUE
Quissanga
CABO DELGADO 
Namapa
NAMPULA
Nampula
Messalo River
Montepuez R.
Lurio River
Mozambique Channel

100km 60 miles
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TANZ. 
MALAWI
MOZAMBIQUE
ZIMBABWE
MADAGASCAR

Mar 14: Cyclone Idai
strikes near Beira, killing over 900 people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Detail map

400km 250 miles
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Sources: OCHA, NASA/GPM via European Commission © GRAPHIC NEWS