The MSB is ready to send expert assistance to Mozambique

eighty people have been confirmed dead in Mozambique after the cyclone Idais rampage at the weekend. On Monday warned the country's president Filipe Nyusi of more than 1,000 lives may have been lost in the disaster. In Beria to ninety percent of the city damaged or destroyed.

the Swedish civil contingencies agency is ready to send expert help to the country.

" We are in contact with both the EU and the UN to contribute with experts to their team. Announcement may come any minute, we have procedures for stuff like this and can send people out in the day if they want, " said Jakob Wernerman, head of the MSB's unit for action.

MSB's experts have the opportunity to appear in the disaster-stricken country within 48 hours if they would get the request. One of their main tasks will be to create a picture of the situation in the area. The experts then report on to the EU and the UN on the basis of the information may make further decisions on action.

– It is about who is affected and in which locations, and if necessary, for example, medicine, food, and water, said Jakob Wernerman.

the MSB has sent a list to the EU with suggestions on ancillary equipment that the authority can provide, like tents, generators and easier water purifier. The authority can also help with staff which provide for the presence of power areas with communication equipment.

not that it would be possible with the relief efforts also in the neighbouring countries. The orange area also includes Zimbabwe and parts of Malawi, and a total of 300,000 people are in urgent need of help, according to TT.

"We are working with Nasa and the european rymdmyndigheter to get hold of satellite information to get the full picture of how the major areas and how many people are affected," says Caroline Haga Red Cross to the Reuters news agency.

She continues:

" If we look at the size of the areas we fear that the death toll will rise significantly.

the UN has described the consequences of Idai as ”probably one of the southern hemisphere's worst weather-related disasters,” according to Reuters. 1.7 million people in Mozambique, and 920.000 people in Malawi have been affected by the ovädrets rampage, and dams have burst.

from Save the children has an area that extends over 50 kilometres is covered with water, as a result of the flood. Lola Castro, head of the UN's world food programme, says it, it floods with up to six meters water depth. She adds that the destruction is huge. Roads and telephone networks have been destroyed, the internet is the ruling by the workers does not reach up to the disaster-stricken areas, according to TT.

Jakob Wernerman say that the biggest challenge in the short term will be to reach those who are most affected.

– Because it has been flooding some places completely isolated and can only be reached by helicopter or boat. Our goal is to be able to reach these people in time before they become sick, " he says.

In a longer perspective, the major challenge is to restore the society. It can involve, for example, to ensure that infrastructure and buildings are resilient in the face of similar events in the future.

– It can also be about spreading knowledge to the locals about what to do in an emergency wokspace. It requires both expensive operations and kunskapsinsatser, " he says.

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