Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Tuesday an immediate spending of $10 million for post-flood reconstruction efforts.

Nyusi addressed the nation about the flood crisis after flying over the worst-hit areas of the Umberzi and Incomati river basins in the Manica, Boane, Magde, Namacha and Moamba districts of Maputo province.

The number of people affected by the storms and floods in Maputo city and province is now estimated at over 39,000. 306 schools were affected, and some were completely non-functional. As a result, 118,000 students cannot study. Eleven schools have been converted into temporary shelters for flood victims.

The storm brought down utility poles and submerged transformer pylons. 18,500 electricity consumers were immersed in darkness.

In agriculture, her 6,645 hectares of various crops were inundated and some 30,000 households were affected.

Nyusi said the government had drawn up a “joint response plan” to feed more than 53,000 people over the next seven days. Clean drinking water is also provided.

The government has decided to place Technical Brigades of the National Highway Administration (ANE) in key positions and is tasked with ensuring basic conditions for traffic flowing on the roads.

“We will assess the damage and losses, repair the affected infrastructure and normalize the water supply,” Nyusi said.

The government will distribute seeds to flood-affected households so that they can sow for his second sowing season of this agricultural year. Access to credit for commercial farmers is negotiated with banks. Proper identification of residents of Boane, the hardest-hit area, could reduce public transport fares by 50% for the next three months.

Dt/pf (307) 48223E WFP dispatches helicopter to monitor flood

Maputo, February 15 (AIM) – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has provided helicopters for an estimated 39,000 people to monitor flooded areas in Maputo province affected by flooding in the Umbeuzi and Incomati river basins. bottom.

Luisa Meke, president of Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD), told reporters in the Manica district, about 80 kilometers north of the capital, that helicopters were already operational.

WFP has made helicopters available to monitor flooded areas in Maputo, but they can also be used in other parts of the country if needed.

Meque acknowledged the assistance provided by civil society organizations to flood victims. “There is a very strong movement in Maputo to support victims,” she said. “I hope people will continue this solidarity.”

Meque said  the INGD-run accommodation center for flood victims has a mobile clinic and technical staff from the electricity company EDM and  the government’s Water Supply Investment and Wealth Fund (FIPAG). “We have a very large group with participants from all walks of life,” she said. Regarding the impact of the floods on Manica, District Manager Maria Fernanda said only 524 of the 256,000 people living in the district have been rescued from the floods and need to be relocated.

All are in good health, she said, including three pregnant women who are being “fully cared for.”

Fernanda said members of the Mozambique Defense Forces (FADM) are conducting search and rescue operations in every corner of the district, but so far have not found  groups of people stranded by the floods in Incomati, she added. .

Her known death toll from the floods was seven, and about 3,500 homes were submerged.

Pf / (303) 49223E cholera occurred in his 3 cases in Tanbara

Chimoio, Mozambique, 15 February (AIM) – Manica province in central Mozambique has registered three cholera cases  after 11 years without an outbreak. Three cases were diagnosed in the Tanbara district in the northern part of the prefecture. Tambara borders  Tete province, which is battling a cholera outbreak  believed to have been brought in from Malawi.

Xavier Isidro, director of  Manica provincial health services,  confirmed  three cases on Tuesday and said  health officials were working to prevent the disease from spreading to other parts of Manica.

“We have other cases of diarrhea and are working to find out if it is cholera. Laboratory analysis has  yet to confirm any cases of cholera other than the first of these three. .” Of the three confirmed cases, none have died.

“Cholera has been diagnosed in the neighboring provinces of Tete and Sofala. It puts us on high alert,” he said. “We are ready. We don’t want our state to register any more cases of the disease.” A state contingency plan for cholera prevention has been developed. “All health stations in the state have medical equipment to treat any case related to cholera. I can say, ”he explained Izidoro.

A center to treat all diarrheal diseases has already been set up in the town of Chimoio. “We have medical professionals ready to respond to any possible outbreak  in our state,” he added.

“We monitored all registered cases of diarrhea in Manica,” Isidoro continued. “So far everything is calm. But it’s important to be careful to avoid an outbreak of cholera.”