[20190322]IN11080_莫桑比克及周边地区的气旋灾害.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Cyclone Disaster in Mozambique and Surrounding Region Nicolas Cook Specialist in African Affairs March 22, 2019 On March 14, a large and powerful tropical storm dubbed Cyclone Idai came ashore at Beira, a low-lying port city in central Mozambique, in southeastern Africa. It featured sustained winds as high as 120 miles per hour prior to making landfall and dumped torrents of rain over large parts of Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar. Its effects have been expansive and catastrophiccovering at least 1,200 square milesand it is among the worst natural disasters ever to hit the region. Flooding has limited humanitarian response organizations access to much of the affected region. Congressional Research Service 7-. www.crs.gov IN11080