Mozambique begins flood mission Jan 13, 2008
In Mozambique, a few major towns like the provincial capital of Tete are under water but it is the tens of thousands of villagers in small, isolated settlements who are suffering the most. Six people are known to have died - four drowned and two were killed by crocodiles. (BBC News -- Africa)
Zambezi floods expected to worsen Jan 12, 2008
Rains have swamped city of Tete in the north of the country forcing some factories and schools to shut down, Reuters reported. In Zambia, the government has appealed for $13m (6. (BBC News)
Schools and firms shut as Mozambique floods worsen Jan 12, 2008
MAPUTO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Floods swamped the northern Mozambique city of Tete on Friday and forced some factories and schools to shut down. Tete lies 1,800 km (1,118 miles) northwest of Maputo and about 250 km (155 miles) away from the Cahora Bassa dam, which has been overwhelmed by water inflows from neighbouring Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi as heavier than usual summer rains pound southern Africa ... Some tourists resorts, schools and factories including a soap company built along the Zambezi... (AlertNet)
MORE VULNERABLE Jan 9, 2008
"We are now concerned that we could be facing worse floods than 2007 - the Cahora Bassa Dam [on the Zambezi River in Tete Province in the northwest] has now been forced to increase its discharges to 6,000 cubic metres a second - while the inflow is 7,600 cubic metres a second - to cope with a massive inflow of water into Cahora Bassa lake from Zambia and Zimbabwe.". The amount of water being discharged should be the same as the inflow. (AlertNet)
Mozambique: Aid Workers Fear New Floods Jan 5, 2008
"Our other immediate concern is that the Cahora Bassa Dam [on the Zambezi River in the Tete Province in the northwest] has been forced to increase its discharges from 4,500 to 5,100 cubic metres a second to cope with a massive inflow of water into Cahora Bassa lake from Zambia and Zimbabwe," said Zucula. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
News in brief Dec 11, 2007
The authorities in the northwestern province of Tete, where crocodiles are also blamed for many deaths, have launched a campaign to collect crocodile eggs along the Zambezi river to control the reptiles' population. Associated Press in Maputo. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Mozambique: President Calls for Routine HIV Testing Dec 2, 2007
But today's figures put Sofala on 23 per cent. There have been similar falls in Manica and Tete, where the rates have fallen from 19. 7 to 16 per cent, and from 16. (allAfrica.com)
Eskom and Mozambique discuss new power plants Dec 2, 2007
Another project under discussion is a 1 500MW coal-fired plant at Moatize, in Tete province, where a coalfield is being developed to export coal. The talks come at an opportune time. (Business Report, South Africa)
Mozambique Takes Ownership of Dam Nov 30, 2007
The ceremony, which took place in the village of Songo, in the central Mozambican province of Tete, was preceded by last-minute negotiations on the terms of the deal which lasted well into the early hours of Tuesday. However, at 0600hrs the Mozambican Minister of Energy, Salvador Namburete, emerged from the Joaquim Chissano Conference Centre In Maputo where the negotiations where taking place to announce that "finally, the deal is done!". (allAfrica.com)
Stocks Rise, Led by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto; National Australia Bank Drops Nov 30, 2007
Tata paid A$100 million for a 35 percent stake in Riversdale's Benga and Tete exploration licenses. Woolworths Ltd. (WOW AU), Australia's biggest retailer, jumped 92 cents, or 2. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Mozambique: Country Finally Gains Control of Major Dam Nov 28, 2007
Guebuza was speaking at the dam town of Songo, overlooking the Zambezi river in the western province of Tete, after he had accompanied four other heads of state around the dam wall and power station. They included Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose country is a already a consumer of Cahora Bassa power, and Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, which has expressed an interest in purchasing electricity from the dam. (allAfrica.com)
Environmentalists may deny Mozambicans new damMaputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A current campaign by some environmentalists may deprive Mozambique of one of its most attractive potential sources of electricity,a new dam on the Zambezi at Mphanda Nkuwa, about 70 kilometres downstream from the present dam at Cahora Bassa. 27/11/2007 Full Text... Nov 27, 2007
The dam construction will provide 3,000 temporary jobs - more than the entire po pulation of the area; this is an unprecedented inflow of money into a very poor p art of Tete province ... Then, the study said, at Tete city there could be a daily fluctuation in the height of the river of more than 80 centimetres (the current figure is less than. (Panapress.com)
Mozambique Firm to Breed, Export 100,000 Crocodiles Oct 13, 2007
The crocodiles will come from Mozambique's remote northern Tete province, where their numbers have increased in recent years, Antonio Viera, an official with fishing company Cahora Kapenta, told Reuters on Thursday ... Tete accounts for most of the fatal crocodile attacks on humans in Mozambique, which has recorded 30 such deaths this year. (Planet Ark, United States)
Mozambique Plans US$1.7 Bln Hydro-Electric Project Oct 2, 2007
In an interview with Reuters, Salvador Namburete said construction of a dam and other generating facilities in the northern Tete province was expected to begin in 2009 and be completed four years later ... 3 billion transmission line would be built to carry the power from Tete to the Mozambican capital Maputo. (Planet Ark, United States)
SA to get 40 000 crocs from Mozam Sep 4, 2007
More than 40 000 crocodiles reared in the northwestern province of Tete in Mozambique will this year be exported to South Africa. National television channel TVM reported on Monday that the crocodiles were reared through an artificial process in Cahora Bassa district on Tete province. (iAfrica.com)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Congolese mourn 'Rumba king' Aug 24, 2007
In the early days when Madilu system came we had a young girl who use to dance Madilu's music so frantically that she was named "Madilu System and she grew up to be known by that name and so Madilu still lives amongst us.Peter and Mary, Kampata Uganda He was one of the best legends in rumba, Congo has ever produced. His voice, composition of songs, sense of humour, and main ideas of songs can tell how much we will miss him. It is surely hard to acquire such a musician in our modern world! Que... (BBC News -- Africa)
AltX newcomer Pan African Resources plans to boost output Aug 3, 2007
Matos said gold was also found in the northern Tete province as well as the Niassa province, which borders with Tanzania. Pan African also has two projects in the Central African Republic, Begoin and Dekoa, as well as the Akrokerri exploration project in southern Ghana near AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi gold mine. (Business Report, South Africa)
CVRD Signs Mining Contract for Moatize Jun 29, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces that the government of Mozambique approved the mining contract for the exploitation of the Moatize coal project, located in the northwestern province of Tete. This event follows the approval of the project development plan by the Mozambican authorities in early June. (PR Newswire)
Mozambique, China in Talks on Hydro-Power Project Mar 20, 2007
The Moamba Major project would also allow Mozambique, which currently relies on Cahora Bassa in northern Tete province, to meet growing domestic and regional power demands. Cahora Bassa generates some 2,075 megawatts of power, providing Mozambique with US$100 million in annual electricity exports. (Planet Ark, United States)
Mozambican president visits flood victims Feb 27, 2007
As the Mozambique News Agency reported on Monday from the capital of Maputo, Guebuza visited families in different accommodation centers in the districts of Tambara, Mutarara, in the western Tete, and Mopeia, in Zambezia, and Marromeu in Sofala ... About 140,000 people, victims of floods in the Zambezi basin, are now sheltered in 53 accommodation centers in the Manica, Sofala, Zambezia, and Tete provinces. (People's Daily Online, China)
Cyclone Weakening Feb 24, 2007
It is likely to remain very windy in Sofala, Manica and parts of Tete province, with the remnants of the cyclone still producing gusts of up to 80 kilometres an hour. INAM advises the provincial authorities "to take the necessary preventive measures". (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique:Cyclone Death Toll Rises to Ten Feb 24, 2007
However, the entire lower Zambezi, from Mutarara in Tete province to the Indian Ocean, remains in flood, and at this rate it will be March before the river returns to its normal levels. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Cyclone follows floods in Mozambique Feb 23, 2007
Despite this, warnings are still in force in areas such as Tete, where there is another SOS Children's Village as the area is already suffering floods from the amount of water in the Zambezi river, although these waters are now reported to be receding. SOS Children's Village Maputo has reported cloud, heavy rain, but no wind, while SOS Children's Village Pemba reports stiff winds and squalls of rain. (Reuters AlertNet)
Mozambique: First Floods, Now Cyclone Threatens Country Feb 21, 2007
The federation has also deployed 600 volunteers in flood-stricken provinces: Zambezia, Sofala, Manica and Tete are said to be most affected. "The operation aims at providing temporary shelter to 100,000 people in the four affected provinces, as well as distributing 5,000 tents, 15,000 tarpaulins, 40,000 blankets, 20,000 kitchen sets, bars of soap and 40,000 mosquito nets," Hanna Schmuck, head of the federation's field assessment and coordination team in Maputo, was quoted as saying in a... (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Zambezi Gradually Subsiding Feb 21, 2007
Despite these improvements, the DNA warns that the entire lower Zambezi from Mutarara, in Tete province, to the Indian Ocean will remain above flood alert level for the coming days. The National Meteorological Institute (INAM) has warned that cyclone Pavio is approaching the southern Mozambican coast, and has issued a "blue alert". (allAfrica.com)
World Vision Targeting Aid to 50,000 Displaced in Flood-Stricken Mozambique Feb 21, 2007
World Vision has already provided aid to some 10,000 people in hard-hit Zambezia and Tete provinces, distributing 150 metric tons of World Food Program food in the district of Mutarara alone. Experts fear these could be Mozambique's worst floods since 2001, when hundreds were killed and nearly half a million displaced. (AlertNet)
Mozambique: Zambezi Floods May Worsen Feb 20, 2007
INGC director Paulo Zucula is cited in Monday's issue of the daily paper 'Noticias', as saying that hydrometric stations in Mutarara, in the western Tete, and Caia, and Marromeu, in central Sofala provinces, are still showing above alert water levels. Zucula said that levels of the main Zambezi subsidiaries, including Revubwe, Luia, and Chire, are still very high, due to continued rainfall, both in Mozambique, and in the neighbouring Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, which may contribute to further... (allAfrica.com)
MOZAMBIQUE: Cash not food needed to help flood evacuees recovery, says NGO Feb 17, 2007
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), 85,000 people have had to flee their homes in the four central provinces of Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia following heavy rainfall. Water discharged from Cahora Bassa dam, in Tete Province in the northwest, has also displaced communities downstream ... The WFP and its partners have begun distributing food aid to 2,000 people in temporary accommodation centres in Caia district in Sofala Province and 6,100 people in the Mutarara district of... (AlertNet)
International Federation launches emergency appeal for flood victims in Mozambique Feb 17, 2007
The most affected provinces are Zambezia, Sofala, Manica and Tete where flooding destroyed thousands of houses, more than 100 schools, four health centres, several roads, bridges and 15,000 hectares of crops. So far, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated by the army from the flooded Zambezi river valley, using helicopters and canoes. (AlertNet)
Mozambique: WFP Starts Helicopter Rescue And Food Deliveries to Victims of Floods Feb 16, 2007
WFP and its partners began distributing food aid this week to 2,000 people in temporary accommodation centres in Caia district and 6,100 people in Mutarara district of Tete Province ... Heavy rains in central and northern Mozambique and neighbouring Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe over the last month flooded the Zambezi, Chire and Rivubue rivers in Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia provinces ... The Cahora Bassa Dam in Tete province yesterday reduced its discharge rate to 6,000 cubic metres per... (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique seeks help in flood refugee crisis Feb 15, 2007
Zucula, who on Tuesday visited the worst hit region of Mutarara in the northern province of Tete, where more than 17,000 people are living in make-shift shelters of twigs and wet grass, said food and sanitation were now top priorities ... The government says at least 29 people have died as torrential rains pounded the central provinces of Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia over the last two months. (AlertNet)
Mozambique seeks flood aid Feb 15, 2007
The 285,000 villagers living along the valley of the Zambesi River face homelessness, with at least 80,000 people already evacuated from the four central provinces: Tete, Zambezia, Manica and Sofala. More than 100 people have died in the floods across southern Africa, from Angola in the east, across to Mozambique on the western coast. (BBC News -- Africa)
Food dearth in flood-hit Mozambique Feb 14, 2007
Some 70000 people have been evacuated to safety in four flood-hit provinces: Tete, Zambezia, Manica and Sofala. The Zambezi, which originates in Zambia and courses through Mozambique before flowing into the Indian Ocean, has been flowing at dangerously high levels following flash floods sparked by torrential rains. (iAfrica.com)
Southern Africa: Floods Wreak Havoc Feb 12, 2007
Persistent heavy rains in central and northern Mozambique and neighbouring Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe over the last three weeks have flooded the Zambezi, Chire and Rivubue rivers in Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia provinces ... Several primary and dozens of secondary roads are underwater, isolating many communities including the district capitals of Zumbu and Mutarara in Tete province ... In addition, heavy rains in Zambia during the whole of January filled the Cahora Bassa Dam in... (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Red Alert in the Zambezi Valley Feb 4, 2007
At Tete city, where the alert level is five metres, the river was measured at 5. 45 metres on Saturday morning. (allAfrica.com)
