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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Heavy rains that fell in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, caused flooding and affected about 2,400 families, a civil protection source told Lusa on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have about 2,400 families that are in a critical situation because they suffered flooding or have their access roads blocked,\u201d said Esselina Muzima, delegate of the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) in Maputo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are paying special attention to these families,\u201d she said during a visit to flooded neighbourhoods, with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n

Mozambique is in the middle of the rainy season and, in the case of Maputo, there has been a steady worsening since Tuesday, reaching more than 100 millimetres in 24 hours on Wednesday and during the early hours of today, she noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis rainfall has resulted in flooding in almost all municipal districts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The first action of the relief teams is focused on \u201cincreasing the capacity of river water drainage, suction, pumping and cleaning of ditches,\u201d Muzima said. Urban flooding in Maputo and its surroundings is recurrent at this time of year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have risk maps,\u201d she said, explaining that INGD has called on the population \u201cto constantly clean and maintain the water courses\u201d in areas at high risk of flooding.<\/p>\n

At the same time, there is awareness-raising activity to increase the resilience of housing, most of which is precariously built. The INGD delegate noted that from year to year, \u201cnew areas are appearing\u201d subject to flooding, adding that there may be signs of impact \u201cfrom climate change\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Heavy rains that fell in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, caused flooding and affected about 2,400 families, a civil protection source told Lusa on Thursday. \u201cWe have about 2,400 families that are in a critical situation because they suffered flooding or have their access roads blocked,\u201d said Esselina Muzima, delegate of the National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-33752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\n2,400 families affected by flooding in Maputo - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/2400-families-affected-by-flooding-in-maputo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2,400 families affected by flooding in Maputo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Mozambique. 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