Crisis: Mozambique floods create perfect storm of disease, hunger, urban danger
A catastrophic convergence of climate extremes and structural vulnerability is transforming Mozambique's flooding crisis into what UN officials warn could become a public health emergency, with more than half a million people caught between rising waters, collapsing infrastructure, and the looming spectre of waterborne disease outbreaks. The scale of the disaster defies easy comprehension. Dams are discharging 10,000 cubic meters of water per second - enough to fill a large auditorium 25 times over every 60 seconds - even as the immediate rainfall threat subsides. This relentless deluge has already damaged 5,000 kilometres of roads across nine provinces and severed…
