From the air, Ibo Island on the Quirimbas Archipelago off Mozambique’s northeast coast, was speckled with flattened homes and water-logged farmland, testament to the destructive force of Cyclone Kenneth.
“My pregnant daughter was in a room when the walls started to fall in, so we took the whole family to the fort.” But 7,000 people were trapped in an increasingly desperate situation until World Food Programme helicopters reached the island on Wednesday. This picture taken on May 1, 2019 shows a general view of the damaged area of Ibo Island after the passage of Cyclone Kenneth, the first to hit Mozambique’s north in the modern era. Picture: Emidio Jozine / AFP
Cyclone Kenneth killed at least 41 people and destroyed thousands of homes across northern Mozambique. Ibo was particularly hard hit.