38 killed as floods worsen in Mozambique after second cycloneThirty-eight people have died and 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Cyclone Kenneth made landfall late on Thursday in Cabo Delgado province, packing wind gusts of up to 220 kilometres per hour. "Humanitarian needs in Mozambique have sky-rocketed, and the humanitarian response will need to rapidly scale-up." The northern region hit by Cyclone Kenneth is more sparsely populated than Beira, which was hit by Cyclone Idai in mid-March. Before smashing into Mozambique, Kenneth passed by the Comoros islands.

Source: Standard Digital April 29, 2019 12:56 UTC