{"id":33821,"date":"2023-02-10T17:11:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/floods-cause-a-nightmare-night-in-maputo"},"modified":"2023-02-10T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:11:28","slug":"floods-cause-a-nightmare-night-in-maputo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/floods-cause-a-nightmare-night-in-maputo","title":{"rendered":"Floods cause a \u201cnightmare\u201d night in Maputo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Ceci\u0301lia Mate woke up yesterday with her bed partly submerged in the floods engulfing her neighbourhood, a \u201cnightmare\u201d after a morning of heavy rain in Maputo, the Mozambican capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought it was a passing storm, like other days. We did not imagine that things would reach this level,\u201d the 37-year-old told Lusa, a few metres from her house, now completely swallowed by the water.<\/p>\n

With dozens of completely flooded houses and almost impassable streets, the peripheral neighbourhood where Ceci\u0301lia Mate lives saw a painful dawn for dozens of families who were forced to leave their homes to avoid tragedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe preferred to spend the night on the street,\u201d Ceci\u0301lia explained, alongside other families who live nearby in the Maxaquene A neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Most left their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs.<\/p>\n

Non-existent drainage, typical of the outskirts of Maputo, causes standing water to linger for days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t save anything at home. The water got in and we only managed to save our lives,\u201d says 41-year-old Lusa Castigo Mondlane.<\/p>\n

In addition to having everything submerged, Castigo Mondlane, who works as an appliance repairman, has lost dozens of his clients\u2019 machines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to say to these people. Some are customers who live around here and will understand, but there are others who will not. I don\u2019t know what will happen if these people demand that I pay for the appliances that I lost in the rain,\u201d he worried.<\/p>\n

Thirty-two-year-old domestic worker Joana Lui\u0301s has not been able to work for two days, her house now underwater in the Polana Canic\u0327o neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if my boss will have me back tomorrow,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

The heavy rain toped 100 millimetres in 24 hours, affecting 2,400 families, National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) delegate for Maputo city Joana Lui\u0301s told Lusa yesterday.<\/p>\n

Mozambique is in the middle of the rainy season, with urban flooding common at this time of year.<\/p>\n

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