Rebuilding an economy after two cyclones
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In Mozambique, Cyclones Idai and Kenneth did tremendous damage to the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in March and April. The country is still trying to get the crisis under control, as flooding, cholera and poor food and aid provision continue to threaten lives.
Dorothy Sang is Humanitarian Advocacy and Campaigns Manager for Oxfam, and gives Ed Butler the view from the ground in Mozambique. Thoughts are turning as well to the future, as the economy based largely on subsistence farming and tourism attempts to rebuild. Rebecca Nadin of the Overseas Development Institute speaks to Ed about whether, and how much, reconstruction is actually possible, given that climate change is expected to cause more natural disasters to occur.
(Picture: A flooded street of the Paquite district of Pemba, Mozambique on April 29, 2019; Credit: Emidio Jozine/AFP/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, I'm Ed Butler and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. Today, we're looking at the |
| 0:07.8 | recent tragedies that have hit Mozambique, tropical storms that have devastated the lives of millions. |
| 0:14.2 | Even six weeks on, there's still communities that have not been able to rebuild who are living in |
| 0:19.2 | transition centres or accommodation centres |
| 0:21.7 | with absolutely nothing. |
| 0:23.5 | Amidst the chaos, we're asking, how can poor communities like this face up to the future |
| 0:28.4 | challenges of rising seas and bigger storms? |
| 0:32.0 | The transportation lines to market, the roads are built back, The bridges are rebuilt. We're talking at least |
| 0:39.5 | six, seven, eight months, if not longer before you can get back to even semblance of business |
| 0:45.3 | as usual. That's all to come in Business Daily from the BBC. |
| 0:51.3 | The International Aid Organisation Save the Children has said it's running out of money to help the thousands of survivors in cyclone ravaged Mozambique. |
| 1:01.4 | The agency is now launching a new urgent appeal to encourage donors to dig deep. |
| 1:06.2 | Not one but two tropical storms. |
| 1:08.5 | Edai and then Kenneth hit the country's coastline in recent weeks. |
| 1:12.7 | They had devastating consequences. Massive floods, hundreds dead, although the true number may never be known, |
| 1:19.0 | and possibly millions facing virtual destitution as a result. |
| 1:23.7 | More than a thousand people have feared to have died in a cyclone that hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. |
| 1:29.3 | The scale of devastation is enormous. It seems that 90% of the area is completely destroyed. |
| 1:34.3 | Cyclone die has caused death and devastation in southern Africa. |
| 1:39.3 | From the air, they could see families hanging onto the roofs of their buildings. |
| 1:43.3 | Rescues continue tonight a full week after a powerful cyclone struck southern Africa. |
| 1:49.4 | Homes, villagers, entire towns have been submerged. |
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