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JOHANNESBURG (AP) The Mozambican port city of Beira breathed a sigh of relief Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through, but the danger of flooding remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago.
“We all feel it’s been much less than what we expected,” said Kobus Botha, head of farming and logistics company Servir. “If you remember in (Cyclone) Idai we all said ‘That’s not too bad,’ but 24 hours later the big waters came. Idai in 2019 killed several hundred people and displaced well over 100,000.
Ahead of the cyclone s arrival, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warned that at least 100,000 people will be affected.
Cyclone Eloise hits Mozambique port city, brings property damage, flooding
By Reuters
By Promit Mukherjee and Manuel Mucari
JOHANNESBURG - The coastal city of Beira in Mozambique, which houses one of the country s most important ports, has seen mild damage to property and flooding after tropical cyclone Eloise made landfall early on Saturday, an official said in a television report.
The cyclone has since lost its strength and has been downgraded to a tropical storm, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Beira had mild damage, but is too early to quantify the extent and scale of destruction, Luisa Meque, President of Mozambique s National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), said in a television interview with national broadcaster TVM.
Tropical Cyclone Eloise has made landfall near Mozambique’s port city of Beira, which was devastated by Cyclone Idai less than two years ago.
“Beira had mild damage, but is too early to quantify the extent and scale of destruction,” Luisa Meque, president of Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), said in a television interview with national broadcaster TVM on Saturday.
The South African weather department said Eloise made landfall around 2:30am, with wind speeds of 160 kilometres (99 miles) per hour. The cyclone has since lost its strength and has been downgraded to a tropical storm, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The coastal city of Beira in Mozambique, which houses one of the country's most important ports, has seen mild damage to property and flooding after tropical cyclone Eloise made landfall early on Saturday, an official said in a television report.