Mozambique- Latest Updates 23rd February 2007
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• On 22nd February Reliefweb reported that DFID announced an extra £500,000 to support the flood relief efforts in Mozambique. This follows £370,000 for the airlift and distribution of essential relief supplies and brings the total UK support to the relief effort to over £900,000.The £500,000 will be used to provide shelter, household items such as kitchen sets, blankets and sleeping mats, medical supplies, clean water and latrines for up to 100,000 people over the next six months.
• On 22nd February Relief web reported that the American Red Cross is providing $200,000 to support the emergency relief and recovery efforts in southern Africa. The money will be used to support the efforts of the Mozambique Red Cross Society in responding to the devastating floods that have affected the country over the past month.
• On 23rd February Voice of America (VOA) is reporting that a Category Four cyclone with wind speeds greater than 200 kilometers-an-hour has come ashore over Mozambique's Indian Ocean port of Beira. Those tracking the storm, named Favio, say it will continue heading north up the East Africa coast, but strong rains are headed inland toward Zimbabwe.
• The port of Beira, which has been the focal point of emergency food deliveries until now, was also in the center of the cyclone's trajectory as it struck land on 22nd. Bolanos, a member of International Red Cross FACT says relief workers will have to wait until the storm moves on before they can assess the port's suitability for continuing food shipments. On the positive side, Bolanos notes that better preparations, including an early warning system instituted by the Red Cross, have resulted in a lower death toll than from flooding that hit Mozambique six years ago.
Type of document : Update
Country : MZ MOZ 508 Mozambique, People's Republic of
Publication date 2007-Feb-23
