Leonde (L 6)

Name: Leonde

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On 1 March, ACT/LWF staff flew over some of the worst flooded areas of Mozambique with the intention to see and assess the damage created by the flooding of the Limpopo in Gaza province.

“We flew from Maputo by the coast to Zongwane, the mouth of the Limpopo, to Xai Xai, to villages and small towns along the Limpopo: Chibuto, Mohamed, Chilembene, Leonde and Chokwe. From there we mostly followed the road to Maputo via Mupapa and Marcia,” explains Wijmans.

He continues: “At Zongwane so many houses are flooded, dead animals can be found in the swollen waters, remains of local type houses and so many things we could not even distinguish.

“The town of Xai Xai (198 km north of Maputo) is a shock. Most of the town is flooded, sometimes up to the third floor of a historic building. People live with their goods on the roofs. Some people have been evacuated. Others are stranded on the Limpopo Bridge.”

http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/LWI/EN/549.EN.html

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