Cyclone Gombe in Mozambique
According to the National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction of Mozambique (INGD), Cyclone Gombe made landfall as a Category 3 Tropical Cyclone on 11 March on the coast of Mozambique between Mossuril and Mogincual districts (Nampula Province).
Preliminary impacts reported by INGD indicate that many houses and power lines were destroyed or damaged; twelve people have been reported killed, several have been injured, and overall more than thirty thousand people have been affected. Over one hundred schools were reported damaged or destroyed, one bridge collapsed, and several roads were affected.
- Type of event
- Flood, Storm
- Location of event
- Mozambique
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2022-03-13
- Time of Charter Activation
- 08:46
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+01:00
- Charter Requestor
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER on behalf of National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction of Mozambique (INGD)
- Activation ID
- 753
- Project Management
- UNITAR/UNOSAT
- Value Adding
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