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Cyclone Idai
Before disaster, the world can feel deceptively stable. In Mozambique’s Beira, the sound of rain was just another part of life. But beneath the routine, danger was quietly building.If you lived there, would you have noticed how thin the safety net really was? The lower Pungwe basin had always been a place where people adapted to weather instead of trying to conquer it. Beira, a port city perched between the Indian Ocean and inland floodplains, sprawled across a narrow, flat strip of land. Every rainy season, canals, ditches, and rivers kept the city running—most years. Habits formed…
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