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WORLD NEWS Monday 29 april 2019

160,000 at risk in Mozambique after 2nd cyclone in 6 weeks

By FARAI MUTSAKA zambique's meteorological give us a break?" Abdul
Associated Press institute. Carimo asked. "The mo-
PEMBA, Mozambique (AP) "I have never seen such ment we try to do anything
— A second disaster un- rains in my life," said one with our lives, it starts again."
folded on Sunday in north- Pemba resident, 35-year- Authorities earlier said at
ern Mozambique in the old Michael Fernando. least five people died after
wake of Cyclone Kenneth Residents mourned one Kenneth roared in Thursday
as raging flood waters killed death in the Nitate neigh- evening with the force of a
one person and began to borhood after a brick wall Category 4 hurricane, stun-
cut off the region's main fell on a woman and the ning residents of a region
city from the outside world. waters swept her against where such a storm had
Some 160,000 people were another building, said com- not been recorded in the
at risk, with more torrential munity leader Estenacio Pi- modern era.
rain forecast for the days lale. The government said more
ahead. Other residents tried to than 160,000 people have
"Help us, we are losing ev- In this photo provided by the United Nations Office for the Co- pile up tires and sand-filled been affected in the large-
ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), badly damaged
erything!" residents in Pem- communities are seen from an aerial view, in Macomia district, sacks as barricades. Cars ly rural region, many now
ba city shouted at passing Mozambique, on Saturday, April 27, 2019. began to slip under the exposed and hungry. More
cars as the rushing waters Associated Press waters. than 35,000 homes in parts
poured into doorways. "We will keep moving until of Mozambique's northern-
Women and girls with buck- just six weeks after Cyclone concerns about climate we get somewhere safe," most Cabo Delgado were
ets and pots tried to scoop Idai ripped into central Mo- change. one man said, as people partially or fully destroyed
away the torrent, in vain. zambique and killed more The new storm's remnants fled carrying belongings by the storm. More than
Some houses collapsed, than 600 people with flood- could dump twice as much in plastic bags. Others 23,000 people were in shel-
the United Nations said. ing. rain as Idai, the U.N. World showed flashes of impa- ters, the government said.
"It's an awful sense of deja This was the first time in re- Program has said. Up to 100 tience. "Will this water ever q
vu," said Nicholas Finney, corded history that the millimeters (nearly 4 inches)
response team leader with southern African nation has were forecast in the next 24
the aid group Save the been hit by two cyclones in hours for some parts of the
Children. Kenneth arrived one season, again raising region, according to Mo-

Thousands march in Hong Kong against

extradition law

Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) —
Thousands of protesters
marched through down-
town Hong Kong on Sunday
in opposition to changes to
an extradition law widely
seen as eroding the terri-
tory's independent legal
system.
Many of those taking part
carried yellow umbrellas,
recalling Hong Kong's mas-
sive 2014 pro-democracy
protests, the leaders of
whom have been sen- People raise placards reading " Against Extradition law" as thou-
sands of protesters march along a downtown street against the
tenced to up to 16 months extradition law in Hong Kong Sunday, April 28, 2019.
in prison. Associated Press
Hong Kong police said
around 22,800 people took leader Carrie Lam of "sell- inal suspects to mainland
part in Sunday's protest at ing out" the territory, and China, where they could
its peak period. called on her to resign. face vague national se-
Participants carried plac- Revisions to the law would curity charges and unfair
ards accusing Hong Kong make it easier to send crim- trials.q