The UK says it will provide up to £3 million in aid to support the victims of Cyclone Kenneth which hit parts of Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
The UK is expected to send tents and shelter kits to Mozambique to help provide immediate shelter for up to 33,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes.
Four UK aid experts have also been deployed to Pemba, Mozambique, the centre of the response efforts, to determine how aid can be delivered quickly to those affected and assess what more aid is needed.
“It is terrible to see the devastation that Cyclone Kenneth has brought to the people of Mozambique and Tanzania, as the region still reels from the aftermath of Cyclone Idai,” the UK’s International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said.
Cyclone Kenneth came just six weeks after Cyclone Idai ripped into central Mozambique and killed more than 600 people.
UK aid has set up partnerships to use cutting-edge satellite technology to predict which areas are most vulnerable to flooding.
At least 38 people have died so far, according to the Mozambique government. About 3,000 houses have been destroyed and 32,000 others partially destroyed. Over 100,000 people are estimated to be displaced from their homes.
