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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “deeply saddened” by the casualties from
a tropical storm that caused the deaths of 30 people in Malawi and at least 10
in neighbouring Mozambique, his spokesman said on Monday. “The
secretary-general is deeply saddened by the loss of life and significant damage
to people’s homes and livelihoods caused by heavy rains and flooding in
Malawi,” said Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman. “The secretary-general extends
his condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people
of Malawi.”
“The
United Nations expresses its solidarity with the Malawi authorities and stands
ready to support them as they respond to the humanitarian needs resulting from
the heavy rains and flooding,” the spokesman told reporters at a regular
briefing. Dujarric later told Xinhua that Guterres also was deeply saddened by
the casualties and damage caused by a tropical storm in Mozambique.
The
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that since
Friday, a total of 30 deaths and 377 injuries were recorded for Malawi. “Our
humanitarian colleagues say more than 93,000 households — that’s close to half
a million people — have been impacted, including 6,000 households displaced (in
Malawi),” Dujarric said, adding that after the storm hit Mozambique, the
humanitarian team reported “at least 10 deaths and the displacement of some
10,500 people following heavy rains.”
Meanwhile,
weather forecasters said another tropical cyclone, Idai, has formed over the
Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and Madagascar, and is expected to make
landfall on Mozambique Thursday.
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