UNICEF: Cyclone Favio
Just days after Tropical Cyclone Favio almost flattened chunks of Vilanculos, a tranquil Mozambican coastal town, the town is beginning to rebuild. The cyclone damaged about 130,000 homes and displaced almost 160,000 people -half of them children- many of whom are living in temporary camps.<br><br>
As part of an initial response, the organization is prepared to send emergency supplies that are in stock in its warehouse in the capital, Maputo, including chlorine, large water bladders, water tanks, rolls of plastic sheeting, tarpaulin sheets, recreational kits and basic kits.<br><br>
Initial reports indicate that strong winds "peaking at 200 km/h " have seriously damaged several crucial public facilities. In Vilankulos, the town first hit by the cyclone on the mainland, the winds blew away the roof of several hospitals and schools, including the roof of the maternity ward of the main hospital.<br><br>
A multisectoral team has been mobilised to assess the cyclone's impact on various key sectors ' water and sanitation, nutrition, health, education and child protection in the areas affected by the cyclone. A first team will carry out a preliminary assessment on Friday in the town of Vilankulos.<br><br>
UNICEF has already deployed three teams in Caia, Mopeia and Mutarara as part of the humanitarian response to the severe flooding that has led some 120,000 people to abandon their homes in central Mozambique<br><br>
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