Cyclone Dineo Kills 7 In Mozambique
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 17, 2017 | 01:00 PM
MAPUTO, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Feb, 2017 ) - Cyclone Dineo killed seven people and affected 130,000 across southern Mozambique, according to a toll published late Thursday by the country's natural disasters agency.
"More than 20,000 homes" were destroyed by "winds and very strong rain" and the search for survivors is ongoing, the National Institute of Disaster Management said in a statement.
Dineo's impact was greatest in Inhambane, an area popular with tourists on Mozambique's south east coast. It was struck by winds of more than 100 kmh (62 mph), torrential rain and rough seas.
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