Five people have died and another 22 people were injured after bad weather hit the south and centre of Mozambique over the last few days.According to information from the National Emergency Operation Centre (CENOE), the destruction caused by the bad weather has affected more than 13,000 people.These facts were revealed on Friday in Maputo during a meeting of the Technical Committee for Disaster Management in their regular weekly gathering to review their activities.Between 10 and 12 January this year there were heavy rains (over 50 millimetres) in the provinces of Manica, Sofala, Gaza and Inhambane, accompanied by thunderstorms and high winds that were at their strongest in the districts in the south of Manica (Sussundenga, Mossurize and Machaze).According to CENOE, in this period the bad weather caused one death and affected 54 families. The weather caused the destruction of 51 houses, three schools, 12 classrooms, two bridges, two churches and mosques, and a health unit.The figures given by CENOE may be an underestimate of the full toll taken by the storms. Reports received on Thursday state that 11 people died in the province of Manica after bad weather hit the region, including eight people who were killed by lightning in the district of Mossurize.According to the administrator of Mossurize district, Alberto Chimoio, members of the Zionist Apostolic Church were inside the premises of the church when lightning hit the building. Six others were injured and taken to hospital.
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