Fourteen cholera cases have been confirmed in northern Mozambique following floods caused by a powerful cyclone
The city of Pemba registered 11 cases of the disease while the neighbouring district of Mecufi had three.
Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in northern Cabo Delgado province on April 25, packing winds up to 220 kilometres per hour -- hitting a region that has not experienced a tropical cyclone in the modern era. It was the second massive storm to hit Mozambique in six weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated the port city of Beira 1,000 kilometres to the south, causing huge floods and more than 600 deaths.According to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, Pemba, a city of 200,000 people and the capital of Cabo Delgado province, is in one of the most cholera-endemic regions in Mozambique.
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