Africa-Press – Mozambique. Around 400 people have died and a further 1,800 have been injured in six cyclones in Mozambique over the last three years, the president of the Mozambican Disaster Management Institute announced during a global debate on natural disasters.
“In the last three years, the country has been affected by six tropical cyclones that have caused around 400 deaths, 1,800 injuries and directly affected around three million people,” reads the Facebook page of the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) of Mozambique, in reference to the speech by NGD president Luísa Meque, addressing the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction GP2025, taking place since Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.
At the event, Luísa Meque recalled that Mozambique was hit by three cyclones – Chido, Dikeledi and Jude – in the 2024/2025 rainy season, requiring the country to adopt an “increasingly scientific and preventive” approach to natural disasters.
The president of INGD advocated for the strengthening of understanding and application of data on the impact of bad weather as an “essential tool” in risk management, stating that Mozambique’s experience shows that the systematic collection and analysis of data is “indispensable” for the recovery and strengthening of community resilience.
“Our reality requires us to adopt an increasingly scientific and preventive approach (…). We have a specific law for risk management and we integrate this vision into our short- and long-term planning instruments,” said Meque, acknowledging challenges in the management of databases and in the “use of information and communication technologies”, due to the limited coverage in Mozambique.
“We count on the support of our partners to improve these tools that are vital for effective planning of the country’s sustainable economic development (…). To all those who join the good initiatives in support of the most vulnerable, our deepest gratitude,” she concluded.
Mozambique is considered one of the countries most severely affected by global climate change, experiencing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, as well as prolonged periods of severe drought.
Cyclones Chido, Dikeledi and Jude hit Mozambique between December and March, and in addition to destroying thousands of homes and infrastructure, caused around 175 deaths in the north and centre of the country.
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