from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique Bureau
MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – CYCLONE Jude has left 17 people dead following its passage over Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique.
The tropical cyclone caused heavy rainfall, floods and flash floods in the impoverished countries.
Jude passed over Madagascar, with two landfalls, on March 7-8 in the north and on March 15 in the south, over northern and central Mozambique on March 10-12, and over southern Malawi on March 11.
Across the three aforementioned countries, it affected approximately 420 000 people.
In Mozambique, national authorities and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report, as of 18 March, 16 fatalities, one missing, 135 injured people and nearly 385 000 affected individuals.
In Madagascar, the same sources report one fatality, one injured, more than 10 500 displaced people, over 15 000 affected people, and nearly 4 000 damaged houses.
In Malawi, three missing, around 4 900 displaced people, and approximately 20 650 affected people were reported.
The three countries are in Southern Africa, which is bearing the brunt of climate change.
These countries are also affected by dry weather spells.
– CAJ News