Mozambique: UN Emergency Fund Allocates U.S.$6 Million to Assist People in Mozambique Ahead of Cyclone’s Landfall

Three days before Tropical Cyclone Jude made landfall in northern Mozambique, the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated US$6 million to help hundreds of thousands of people ahead of the storm.

Jude, which struck Nampula province on 10 March, is the third cyclone to hit Mozambique in less than three months. The country – which is highly vulnerable to storms, droughts, floods and other climate shocks – is still reeling from the effects of Cyclones Chido and Dikeledi, which…