Southern Africa: Cyclone Favio - Feb 2007
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- Countries
- Mozambique
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- Disaster types
- Tropical Cyclone
In Mozambique, on 22 Feb 2007, Tropical Cyclone Favio made landfall in Vilankulo District, Inhambane Province, as the equivalent of a Category 4 storm, and continued through Sofala and Manica provinces. The cyclone killed 9 people and affected more than 160,000 people, destroying crops and threatening local food security. (USAID, 22 Mar 2007)