Mozambique: Xai-Xai Flood Cuts Main North-South Road

Maputo — Flooding in Xai-Xai, capital of the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, cut traffic between the north and south of the country for about six hours on Wednesday.

The country’s main north-south highway (EN1) runs through Xai-Xai, but much of the city and the surrounding district is currently inundated.

Although the situation in Gaza is not as serious as in the first wave of floods, in January, the National Roads Administration (ANE) is struggling to keep traffic flowing along EN1.

The…