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The 2000 Mozambique flood was a natural disaster that occurred in February and March 2000. The catastrophic flooding was caused by heavy rainfall that lasted for five weeks and caused rivers in Mozambique to break their banks. The situation was intensified when Cyclone Eline hit the same area on 22 February, 2000. Two million people were affected by the floods, 25,000 were made homeless and about 800 were killed, 140,000 hectares of arable land was affected and 20,000 head of cattle were lost. It was the worst flood in the Mozambique in 50 years.[1] Mount Pinatubo eruption, 1991 A natural disaster is the consequence of the combination of a natural hazard (a physical event e. ...
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Lowest pressure 928 mbar (hPa) [1] Damage Unknown Fatalities Up to 1,000 Areas affected Madagascar, Mozambique Part of the 1999-00 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season Cyclone Leon-Eline was a long-lived Indian Ocean tropical cyclone which traversed almost the entire Indian ocean and made devastating strikes on...
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 | | Mozambique in August 1999 | During the flooding in March 2000 | | The floods began on 9 February with heavy precipitation across Southern Africa, South Africa, southern Botswana and Swaziland were also affected. Mozambique received the most rainfall, the capital Maputo was flooded, as was the road between the capital and the second largest city, Beira. Torrential rain continued to the 11th of February, in Mozambiques Limpopo Valley, the banks of the Limpopo River burst, causing severe flood damage; residents of the area are struck with dysentery. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 668 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2000 Mozambique flood ...
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Beira can mean one of the following: In the Celtic mythology of Scotland, Beira (mythology) was mother to all the gods and goddesses. ...
Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is the term for tenesmus (painful straining to pass stool), cramping, and frequent, small-volume severe diarrhea associated with blood in the feces. ...
On 22 February, tropical Cyclone Eline hits the Mozambique coast near Beira, north of the areas already effected by flooding. On February 27, flash floods inundated low farmlands around Chokwe and Xai-Xai. External links Chokwe people African Art : Chokwe Chokwe, Bantu art Categories: Ethnic group stubs | Chokwe | Ethnic groups of Africa | Ethnic groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
Xai-Xai is a city in the south of Mozambique. ...
Over 45,000 people were rescued from rooftops, trees, and other isolated areas. This effort was at first carried out by only a few Mozambican naval vessels. The governments of South Africa, Malawi, and Mozambique provided fewer than a dozen helicopters to the rescue effort. One of the iconic images of the flooding was Sofia Pedro giving birth in a tree while surrounded by flood water. She was then rescued by the South African Air Force who flew both her and her new daughter Rositha Pedro to Chibuto. Action by the government and international aid organizations was slow. Significant rescue equipment arrived from Europe and North America three weeks after the onset of the flood. Chibuto is a city located in the province of Gaza in Mozambique. ...
The flood had a tremendous effect on the agriculture of Mozambique. 90% of the country's functioning irrigation infrastructure was damaged, causing the worst of the agriculture losses suffered. 1,400 square kilometres of cultivated and grazing land was lost, leaving 113,000 small farming households with nothing. 20,000 head of missing cattle were reported, many were feared to have drowned or contracted disease. Every major valley south of Beira was affected by the overflowing of rivers. Beira can mean one of the following: In the Celtic mythology of Scotland, Beira (mythology) was mother to all the gods and goddesses. ...
630 schools were closed, leaving 214,000 pupils without classrooms. 42 health units were destroyed, including Beira Central Hospital, the second largest in the country many people were under poverty and people got raped and sexually abused
The Mozambican government requested $450 million in international aid at a donor conference held in Rome in early May, 2000.
References - ^ Floods take a serious economic toll, Africa Recovery, 14(3):13
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