{"id":57349,"date":"2024-03-13T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-neighbourhoods-hit-by-flooding-after-filipo"},"modified":"2024-03-13T18:54:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:54:42","slug":"maputo-neighbourhoods-hit-by-flooding-after-filipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-neighbourhoods-hit-by-flooding-after-filipo","title":{"rendered":"Maputo neighbourhoods hit by flooding after Filipo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Tropical Storm Filipo left Maputo under water on Wednesday, with several neighbourhoods and hundreds of houses in the capital flooded, affected by gusts that blew away roofs, knocked down trees and left residents in shock during the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t even work in our company, it\u2019s bad here. During the night we don\u2019t even sleep, we sleep outside,\u201d Anto\u0301nio Macucule, 22, told Lusa, as he carries on his back, for 20 meticais (30 euro cents), anyone who wants to cross \u2013 without risking getting wet \u2013 the lake that has formed across the street and outside the egg incubator for chicks where he works, in the Choupal neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Porto.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m carrying people because of the water, to help,\u201d he explains, only to say: \u201cIt\u2019s never happened before. This time it\u2019s much worse.<\/p>\n

The heavy rain in the early hours of the morning left bumpy dirt roads in several neighbourhoods of the capital completely impassable, with few vehicles literally venturing through, and invaded homes and businesses. It takes arm strength to get the water out of the interior, when possible.<\/p>\n

In the Choupal neighbourhood, the hatchery where Hamza Atinai, 22, also works, is out of action and hundreds of chicks are at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s stopped, it\u2019s full of water inside. It\u2019s all a waste, there\u2019s nothing safe,\u201d said the worker, after having tried to enter, until the waist-high water forced him to retreat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chicks are dying anyway,\u201d he laments.<\/p>\n

The National Meteorological Institute (Inam) confirmed that the severe tropical storm \u201cFilipo\u201d entered the country at 05:00 (03:00 in Lisbon) on Tuesday, crossing the district of Inhassoro, Inhambane province, heading southwest, namely Maputo, with wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour.<\/p>\n

In the capital, the first effects were felt at nightfall. They lasted well into the night, with torrential rain that practically isolated neighbourhoods that were already in poor condition, such as Maxaquene, where the existing ditch was unable to retain the water and overflowed, flooding several dozen houses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very difficult night here in the neighbourhood. The water got into the houses. My house was terrible. We had to move everything, beds, sofas, upstairs. The sheets [roofing] also came off,\u201d 16-year-old Franc\u0327a Binchelene explained to Lusa after walking past the huge lake that formed in the centre of the neighbourhood and divides it.<\/p>\n

Like dozens of other families, in her house, where six people live, there was no sleep, and the night was spent with neighbours. Like A\u0302ngelo Saloma\u0303o, 32, who, in the early hours of the morning, watched a tractor trying to remove water from the street in consecutive journeys and almost without effect, given the quantity, amid the rain that continues to fall and the strong wind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s worse inside these houses. I don\u2019t even know what to say,\u201d he says, confessing that he spent the night on the street out of fear: \u201cWe slept out here (…) it was a terrible night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany blocks are suffering. The houses, as you can see, are flooded,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On the other side of an impassable street, where even the tallest vans can\u2019t cross, is Daniel Ju\u0301nior, 35, who spent the night at his parents\u2019 house, fearing the worst.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever it happens, I have to be here to give that support because this is chaos. Every time it rains it floods, this ditch can\u2019t cope. Families are left out,\u201d she says, standing next to the barricade of sandbags she put up at the entrance on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe water went all the way to the backyard because I had these barricades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As well as Maputo, with flooded streets in the city centre and fallen trees, the neighbouring city of Matola, the country\u2019s most populous, also has several roads impassable due to the rain.<\/p>\n

The severe tropical storm \u201cFilipo\u201d partially destroyed 510 houses in the first few hours in Mozambique, affecting 2,780 people, as well as 14 health centres and six schools, with 30 classrooms destroyed, according to a preliminary official assessment.<\/p>\n

The report released today by the National Institute for Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) states that in the first few hours, up to 18:00 (16:00 in Lisbon) on Tuesday, Vilankulo, in Inhambane province, was the town most affected by the heavy rains and wind gusts of storm \u201cFilipo\u201d, with 1,450 people affected, followed by Morrumbene (1,000).<\/p>\n

The authorities estimate that around 525,000 people could be affected by storm Filipo, between the provinces of Sofala in the centre of Mozambique, Inhambane, Gaza and Maputo in the south.<\/p>\n

Mozambique is considered one of the countries most severely affected by climate change in the world, facing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, which runs from October to April.<\/p>\n

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