Senior government official Adelina RandinhoIntensive has warned that rains and increased discharges from the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam in central Mozambique have resulted in double crop loss along the Zambezi River valley and could lead to floods.
According to Adelina Randinho an administrative officer in Caia district (Sofala province), the rain situation along the Zambezi Valley was “worsening”
The situation is currently under control, and the soils in the river valley are not yet saturated. Nonetheless, rescue equipment is being positioned in various parts of the country in case it should be needed, she said.
Should the rains in the region continue, parts of the 500km long Zambezi river will be in danger of flooding – notably the sugar area around Marromeu sugar plant.
Mozambique saw its worst disaster in living memory in 2000/2001 when flooding swept through the southern region killing 700 people, driving half a million others away from their home.
The flooding also swept away roads and bridges before living a trail of extensive damages to other key economic infrastructures such as electricity and water supply.
The government was forced to appeal for almost half a billion dollars from donors for reconstruction.
Source African Press Agency
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