Cyclone Kenneth was the most powerful storm on record to hit that part of the country and came just six weeks after Cyclone Idai.
LONDON - After Cyclone Idai blasted through the Mozambican port of Beira in March, former first lady Graca Machel took a helicopter ride over the city - and was astonished at the devastation.
Cyclone Kenneth was the most powerful storm on record to hit that part of the country, and came just six weeks after Idai caused devastating floods and killed more than 1,000 people across a swathe of southern Africa. “You need to have houses that can resist even a strong wind, that in certain areas are built in much higher places so waters don’t sweep away,” said Machel, chancellor of the African Leadership University, based in Mauritius and Rwanda. The changes should, for instance, include development of a new drainage system to carry flood and stormwater more swiftly to the ocean, she said.
For that to happen, changing people’s behavior - as well as improving urban planning - would be crucial, said Machel, 73, a longtime advocate for children’s and women’s rights who has also worked on strengthening healthcare systems in Mozambique. “When I say we need support, I’m not talking about money only,” she said. “It’s a whole rethinking of what it means to have a viable community and infrastructure which can resist this kind of disaster.”
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