The United Nations(UN) would grant Mozambique and the Comoros Islands $13 million in emergency funds to assist in the provision of food and water and also repair damage to infrastructure, the organization said late on Sunday, after the second cyclone in a month slammed into the region.
Cyclone Kenneth struck late on Thursday with winds of up to 280kph (174 mph) in Mozambique, northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado cutting off communities and wiping out entire villages.
It has left some roads looking like waterfalls and rivers and this is occurring barely a month since Cyclone Idai hit the region, killing more than 900 people in three countries.
The head of the regional Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), Gemma Connell said it looked from the air like the areas had been “run over by a bulldozer.”
In a video posted on Twitter after flying over the affected area, Ms Connell vowed to work with local authorities in order “to get people the supplies they need.”
According to her “The weather is still bad, it is still raining.
“But thankfully the winds have died down.”
