Mozambique seeks Ksh.300 billion to recover From cyclones

By VOA,

Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this y...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth , Cyclones , Mozambique , World Bank

Cyclone Idai mars Malawi election preparations

By VOA,

As Malawi gears-up for elections this month, candidates and voters say flooding from March’s Cyclone Idai has already negatively impacted the vote. ...

idai , Malawi , Mozambique

Cholera reported in Mozambique a week after cyclone

By VOA,

Officials in northern Mozambique have declared a cholera outbreak caused by a lack of clean water left behind from Cyclone Kenneth. More than a doz...

Rescuers rush to help as serious flooding starts in cyclone-hit Mozambique

By Reuters,

Rescuers were moving in to help people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater in the northern Mozambique city of Pemba on Sunday, home to 200,000 people...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth , Mozambique , United Nations

Flooding starts in Mozambique after cyclone Kenneth, death toll rises to five

By Reuters,

Mozambican officials on Saturday urged those living near two rivers in the country’s north to move to higher ground, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped heavy...

cyclone kenneth , cyclone Kenneth death toll rises to five , Mozambique

Heavy rains threaten floods in cyclone-hit Mozambique

By Reuters,

Heavy rains pounded northern Mozambique on Saturday, fuelling fears of flooding two days after a cyclone hit the coast, flattened buildings and knocke...

cyclone kenneth , Mozambique

Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall in Mozambique

By VOA,

Cyclone Kenneth slammed into northern Mozambique Thursday evening. The African nation's emergency officials said 30,000 people have been evacuated ...

cyclone kenneth , northern Mozambique

Kenya Airways cancels flights to Moroni as Cyclone Kenneth hits

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Airways on Friday cancelled flights to Moroni, the capital of Comoros citing severe weather. In a statement on Thursday, the national carrier...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth

Kenya won’t be hit by Cyclone Kenneth – Met. department says

By Winnie Musyoki,

The Kenya Meteorological Department has refuted reports claiming that Cyclone Kenneth -- a type of strong spiraling wind that can cause landfall -- ma...

cyclone kenneth

E. Africa, recovering from Cyclone Idai, braces for new storm

By VOA,

The government of Comoros shut down schools, airports and public offices Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Kenneth passed over the island nation, with win...

Cyclone Idai

Cyclone Kenneth may hit southern Tanzania, Mozambique today

By Reuters,

A cyclone report issued by a regional cyclone-monitoring center on the French island of La Reunion said parts of southern Tanzania could be affected b...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth , mocambique

Long road to recovery for children after Cyclone Idai

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The U.N. children’s fund says at least 1.6 million children in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe need help right away to recover from the affects of C...

Cyclone Idai

Aid, health workers race to help Mozambique cyclone victims

By VOA,

International aid agencies and government forces are racing against time to help the hundreds of thousands affected by Cyclone Idai. The storm, whi...

Mozambique

Malawi deploys mobile clinics for cyclone-affected children

By VOA,

At least 1,000 people were killed when Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi in March. The cyclone's floodwaters swamped medical facilitie...

Malawi

Zimbabwe seeks $613 million aid from donors after drought, Cyclone

By VOA,

Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a s...

Zimbabwe

Floods drench Eastern Zimbabwe, water shortages parch Harare

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As eastern Zimbabwe struggles with the aftermath of floods that have killed nearly 270 people and destroyed homes and roads, other parts of Zimbabwe a...

floods , Zimbabwe

U.N. ups Zimbabwe aid appeal after cyclone

By Reuters,

The United Nations asked donors on Friday for an extra $60 million to help Zimbabwe recover from a cyclone that tore through eastern regions last mont...

Zimbabwe

Mass Cholera vaccination campaign gets underway in Mozambique

By VOA,

A mass vaccination campaign against cholera has begun in Mozambique to prevent this deadly disease from turning into a full-blown epidemic. Mozambi...

cholera , Mozambique , vaccination

Cyclone Idai threat to food security, health in Southern Africa

By VOA,

As the flood waters recede in cyclone-hit southern Africa, officials are starting to assess medium- and longer-term requirements, including food secur...

Cyclone Idai , Malawi , Zimbabwe

In Mozambique, parents yearn for children torn away by cyclone

By Reuters,

It has been more than a week since Virginia Samuel last saw two of her children. Her family was marooned for four days in the stands of a basketball ...

Cyclone Idai , Mozambique