{"id":52379,"date":"2024-12-23T06:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T06:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/death-toll-rises-to-94-in-mozambique-after-cyclone-chido-s-devastation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T06:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T06:37:30","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-94-in-mozambique-after-cyclone-chido-s-devastation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/death-toll-rises-to-94-in-mozambique-after-cyclone-chido-s-devastation\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique after Cyclone Chido&#8217;s devastation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cyclone made landfall on December 15, bringing torrential rains and strong winds that devastated Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa provinces. Over 123,000 families\u2014more than 622,000 people\u2014have been affected, with over 140,000 homes damaged or destroyed, INGD reported.<\/p>\n<p>Public infrastructure has also suffered heavily, with damage to 250 schools, 89 public buildings, and 52 health centers. Flooded agricultural lands further threaten food security in the region.<\/p>\n<p>To assist victims, the government has set up two shelters accommodating 1,349 people. <\/p>\n<p>However, the scale of destruction presents significant challenges for relief and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In a national address on Thursday, President Filipe Nyusi declared two days of mourning and expressed his condolences to the victims\u2019 families, urging solidarity in the face of this disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities and humanitarian agencies are calling for more support to address the urgent needs of those affected by the cyclone.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79314\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/a-38-b45db.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique last weekend. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Chido\u2019s impact on northern Mozambique has worsened, with the death toll now reaching 94 and 768 people reported injured, according to the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000079315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000079315,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cy.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cy.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cy.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cy.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cy.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cy.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000079315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52379"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52379"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}