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Storm Eloise kills at least 12

Storm Eloise kills at least 12

THE death toll from storm Eloise has risen to at least 12, according to figures from authorities across south-eastern Africa, where heavy winds, rain and flooding have also destroyed buildings and crops. A tropical cyclone when it made landfall at Mozambique's central province of Sofala on Saturday, Eloise subsequently weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland to dump rain on Zimbabwe, eSwatini - formerly known as Swaziland - South Africa and Botswana. Six people were killed in Mozambique, the country's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) reported, while the number of displaced people rose to…
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Another storm, growing stronger, set to hit central Mozambique

Another storm, growing stronger, set to hit central Mozambique

A powerful storm approaching Mozambique is expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone on Friday, the United Nations' humanitarian agency OCHA said, bringing heavy winds and rains to a region devastated by Cyclone Idai nearly two years ago. Tropical storm Eloise is currently over the Mozambique channel and is expected to slam into the country's central region on Saturday, hitting the port city of Beira and surrounding areas, which bore the brunt of Idai in March 2019. "There are growing concerns regarding the potential for widespread floods, with all river basins in Sofala and Inhambane provinces already above alert levels…
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