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The director of the Department of Civil Protection (DCP), Nathan Nkomo, said that the subcommittee on emergency services, including the military, police and meteorological experts, had already met.
“We have met to discuss possible scenarios but this is a highly unpredictable natural phenomenon so we are attentive and monitoring the situation for hours,” he said.
ReliefWeb said the storm could cause flooding, landslides and damage due to heavy rain, gusts of wind and rough seas.
“Early predictions indicate that the weather system could subsequently move towards central Mozambique, where Cyclone Idai struck nearly two years ago,” he said.
In Zimbabwe, the system could affect Chimanimani, a community still affected by Cyclone Idai last year, which left at least 268 dead and 300 missing. Cyclone Idai affected 100,000 people in Zimbabwe, with infrastructure such as schools, homes, bridges and wells destroyed worth an estimated $ 1 billion.
The projections of the National Institute of Meteorology of Mozambique are that the meteorological system could reach the coast of that country on December 29 or 30, affecting the provinces of Nampula, Zambezia and Sofala.
In Madagascar, the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management is trying to deploy a team to the areas likely to be affected.
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