Cyclone Dineo destroys more than 20,000 homes in southern Mozambique
Maputo — Cyclone Dineo killed seven people, injured 55 and affected hundreds of thousands across southern Mozambique, the country’s natural disasters agency said on Friday. More than 20,000 homes were destroyed by "winds and very strong rain", the National Institute of Disaster Management said, adding that the search for survivors was ongoing. The storm has affected more than 650,000 people in Mozambique. Dineo’s impact was greatest in Inhambane, an area popular with tourists on Mozambique’s southeast coast. The city was struck by winds of more than 100km/h and battered by torrential rain and rough seas. Nearly 1,000 classrooms and 70 health centres were destroyed.
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