Cyclone Kenneth kills at least one person in Mozambique just weeks after Cyclone Idai claimed hundreds of lives
Cyclone Idai killed more than 600 people and displaced tens of thousands in Mozambique in March. In this file photo, 15-year-old Fernando Antonio is in front of his destroyed house in Mananga-Batista village, Buzi District. April 13, 2019.
Cyclone Idai cut a path of destruction through central Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, leaving more than 1,000 dead. This is the first time in recorded history that the southern African nation has been hit by two cyclones in one season, the UN said. The new cyclone made landfall on Thursday night in a part of Mozambique that hasn't seen such a storm in at least 60 years, forecasters said, again raising concerns about climate change and the country's vulnerable, 2,400-kilometre Indian Ocean coastline.
A man stands on fallen trees that damaged his home in Moroni after Cyclone Kenneth hit the island nation of Comoros in the Mozambique Channel. April 25, 2019. As with the earlier cyclone, thousands of people in the days ahead could be left exposed and hungry as waters rise. Forecasters expected the remnants of the storm to linger over the region, dumping rain.
The storm had earlier hit the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros. About 1,000 homes were reportedly flooded and key crops were destroyed, Wilkes said.The back-to-back cyclones that have ravaged Mozambique are unprecedented in recorded history, the UN said on Friday, as it planned to examine the country's defences against extreme weather in the light of climate change.
The UN weather agency added that a fact-finding mission currently in Mozambique will in part look at the "impact of climate change and sea-level rise on Mozambique's resilience" to extreme weather.
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