As these storms get stronger, swollen cities like Blantyre in Malawi will have to address the scourge of unplanned slums that rapid urbanisation is creating.
Most people heeded the warnings, knowing from bitter experience the damage such storms could inflict: 600 people had died in Cyclone Idai in 2019.
Mozambique and Malawi are among the poorest 8% of countries in the world, according to United Nations data. Over half the population in each country live below the poverty line. "It is a very structured system ... down to village level," said Myrta Kaulard, United Nations resident coordinator for Mozambique."People had to move to the shelters and this ... saved a lot of lives."
As he visited the area of Blantyre hit by the storm, Natural Resources Minister Michael Usi described it as a"national tragedy", but said people had been warned to relocate.
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