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Recovery Collection: Cyclones Idai and Kenneth 2019

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Introduction

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira City, Mozambique on 14 March 2019, bringing strong winds and severe flooding in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar. Cyclone Idai killed approximately 1303 and affected more than three million people. Cyclone Idai was followed one month later by Tropical Cyclone Kenneth, which made landfall in Mozambique as the strongest cyclone to ever hit the African continent.

Recovery needs in the wake of the damage caused by consecutive cyclones continue to be significant. Post-disaster needs assessments following Cyclones Idai and Kenneth and the ensuing floods estimate total recovery needs for Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi at $3.2 billion USD, $767 million USD and $370.5 million USD, respectively. The government of Mozambique stood up a new agency, Gabinete de Reconstrução Pós-Idai and Kenneth (GREPOC), to oversee recovery efforts.

In Mozambique alone, more than 240,000 homes were partially or completely destroyed. Early in the recovery phase, GREPOC completed research to build back stronger, cyclone-resistant homes to guide reconstruction efforts, but for many, access, affordability and know-how remain a challenge for resilient reconstruction. For others, the governments are exploring resettlement to locations safe from landslides and flooding, but these efforts can be complicated by resettlement areas requiring infrastructure, and lacking connectivity with a community’s livelihoods, families, culture and other needs. Damage caused by the cyclones and floods to the agriculture sector exacerbated food insecurity in the immediate term, and presented significant recovery needs for restoring livelihoods. The cyclones and floods caused significant damage to core infrastructure. In Mozambique the PDNA estimates that nearly 30 percent of the national road network was damaged and 20 bridges were damaged or destroyed. Electricity, water, hospitals, schools and telecommunications core infrastructure also suffered significant damage.

 

 

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Items: 19
Updates
30 January 2023

Post-cyclone reconstruction continues in Mozambique

More than three years after cyclone Idai and Keneth hit Mozambique in 2019, much of the country is still trying to recover. An example of such recovery taking place is being witnessed in the lower Beira corridor.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme - Headquarters
Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery
Documents and publications
Case Studies
2022

Case Studies on Institutional Arrangements for Recovery

These case studies describe institutional structures, legal frameworks, and management lessons gleaned from practical experience, providing recovery leaders with insights suited to their context, disaster scenarios, and institutional landscapes.
United Nations Development Programme Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP
Coverage of "Building-back-better in post-disaster recovery: Lessons learnt from cyclone Idai-induced floods in Zimbabwe"
Documents and publications
2021

Building-back-better in post-disaster recovery: Lessons learnt from cyclone Idai-induced floods in Zimbabwe

This study evaluates the build-back-better considerations in post-disaster recovery, following the devastation by Cyclone Idai-induced floods in 2019. Conducted in 2020, the study assesses the impact of Cyclone Idai-induced floods.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
imbabwe Idai Recovery Project: Strengthening irrigation schemes through value addition: Chilli pepper processing
Documents and publications
2021

Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project: Strengthening irrigation schemes through value addition

This brief outlines the efforts aimed at reviving agricultural livelihoods in Zimbabwe after the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
Lesson Learn from CARE's shelter responses to cyclone idai in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Documents and publications
2020

Lesson learnt from CARE's shelter responses to Cyclone Idai in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

This report reflects on CARE country offices' shelter work in response and recovery from Cyclone Idai and lessons learnt.
CARE International UK
Policy brief - Land and climate change: Rights and environmental displacement in Mozambique
Documents and publications
2020

Policy brief - Land and climate change: Rights and environmental displacement in Mozambique

This policy brief addresses key questions and outcomes of the efforts to resettle communities in Mozambique in recovery from Cyclone Idai.
Leiden University
Documents and publications
Publications
2019

Striving for resilience: Lessons learned from experiences of drought and Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe

This document highlights some lessons learned from experiences of drought and Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe along with providing recommendations to improve resilience programming in the future.
Trócaire
Documents and publications
2020

Impact of Cyclone Idai on the poorest in Malawi

In this brief, we examine the impact of the floods on some of the poorest people living in Mangochi and Nsanje; the extent of the damage caused to their households; and the warnings and type of assistance received. We also investigate differences in the impact of the floods on households enrolled on Concern’s Graduation programme.
Concern Worldwide
Documents and publications
2020

When the unprecedented becomes precedented: Learning from Cyclones Idai and Kenneth

The study focuses on why Cyclones Idai and Kenneth resulted in disasters in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, taking into account the specific country contexts. This report provides a review of the systems and actions that helped to reduce damages, while also delving into the factors that constrained people and systems’ resilience
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Practical Action Institute for Social and Environmental Transition - International Switzerland - government Z Zurich Foundation
Documents and publications
2020

Bridging the divide: Lessons from disaster risk reduction, development and humanitarian approaches to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth

This brief presents lessons drawn from a Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (ZFRA) Post Event Review Capability (PERC) study of the 2019 Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth impacts in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance

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