Edmundo Galiza Matos Junior, a local official in Vilankulo, posted a picture on Facebook showing people taking shelter in a school and a video showing strong winds battering the coast.
Cornelder de Moçambique, a company that operates cargo terminals in Beira port, said in a statement that the port would be closed until 1900 local time (1700 GMT) on Friday, subject to the weather conditions improving.
Up to 1.75 million people could be affected by the storm and severe flooding, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on its website.
“In the coming days, very heavy rains are expected in Gaza, Manica, Maputo, Inhambane and Sofala provinces. The UN and our partners are supporting the government-led response. We are deploying staff to Inhambane and Gaza provinces and our teams are on standby to carry out needs assessments,” OCHA said.
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