General News of Friday, 22 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.com‘We stand ready to assist’ – Akufo-Addo promises after cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, othersPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoPresident Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent messages of condolence to Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique following the devastation wreaked by the tropical cyclone, Idai. The President made this known in three personalised letters, dated Wednesday, March 20, 2019 to President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, President Emerson Mnangagwa, and President Peter Mutharika of Malawi. The tropical cyclone has made headlines across southern Africa throughout this month. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the storm made landfall in Beira, Mozambique in the middle of the month, then tracked in a westerly direction until its dissipation. Adjacent countries of Malawi and Zimbabwe experienced severe rainfall, flooding and damage from the high wind speed.

Source: GhanaWeb March 22, 2019 00:00 UTC