The CITY and province of Maputo woke up yesterday to torrential rain that displaced several families due to the flooding of their homes, in addition to blocking roads. The rain, which will continue intermittently until tomorrow, results of atmospheric instability caused by excess humidity and heating, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM). Telmo Sumila, meteorologist, explained that Maputo and Matola recorded 150 millimeters from 5 am to 12 pm yesterday. Rains of around 50 to 70 millimeters also occurred in Gaza and Inhambane. The damage resulting from this situation is yet to be assessed, but it is worth highlighting the interruption of traffic on National Road Number 4 (N4), in the Frigo area, since nine o’clock , due to the flooding of the road platform caused by waters coming from upstream. There was also obstruction of the roads in the city center, namely avenues 25 de Setembro, de Angola, 24 de Julho and Joaquim Chissano, as a result of the inability to drain the ditches. Schools and neighborhood secretariats once again welcomed people who saw their homes flooded in neighborhoods such as Nkobe, Liberdade, Fomento, Bunhiça, in Matola and Maxaquene, Ferroviário, Polana-Caniço, Hulene and Costa do Sol, Inhagóia, 25th of June, Chamanculo , in Maputo, and others that had never recorded floods. Source:Jornal Notícias
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