Griffin Patterson

3/17/19

Biology odd

Current event 6

Onishi, Norimitsu. “Mozambique Cyclone Rescuers Struggle to Reach Victims in 'Inland Ocean'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Mar. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/world/africa/mozambique-cyclone.html.

For my current event I decided to read an article by Norimitsu Onishi called Mozambique Cyclone Rescuers Struggle to Reach Victims in 'Inland Ocean'.”  The main idea of this article was to portray how badly this cyclone was to Mozambique but other countries surrounding it as well. As said in the article “ The storm swept across Mozambique on Thursday night before turning inland into neighboring Malawi and Zimbabwe. It is believed to have affected more than 1.5 million people in the three nations. This cyclone unfortunately hit very hard on mainly poor countries in Southern Africa. This caused Mozambique and numerous other countries in Southeast Asia to try to find a new home for them and their families because this cyclone destroyed almost everything in sight. The central point at where the cyclone was creating the worst damage was in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The article stated that” Rescue workers struggled Tuesday to reach areas devastated by a huge cyclone in Mozambique, as heavy rains swelled rivers and further isolated flooded communities in what aid agencies called the worst natural disaster in southern Africa in two decades. While this cyclone is bad at the moment, when it was over the real damage was done. The breaking apart of families and as the article stated” Relief officials warned that delays in reaching survivors could lead to an outbreak of illnesses, including cholera and malaria”. Not only is Mozambique and other African countries in a lot of financial trouble after the cyclone there is also the spreading of disease which can take lives very easily.   

This recent cyclone in Mozambique shocked the world and really got the world thinking about how we can help poorer countries after a huge disaster like this one. Other countries who are financially stable can help financially poorer countries after a huge disaster to get them back on their feet. President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi said  “ The water level has gone down, and people in the lower areas have been moved to higher ground,. But, the displaced were now in desperate need of new shelter, food, clean water and medicine. This is where the more fortunate countries would step in and help get Mozambique get back to normal. This overall shocked the world also because it was the biggest natural disaster in Southern Africa in over two decades. This should undoubtedly get other countries thinking of how they can help these poor countries like Mozambique get back on their feet financially.

Norimitsu Onishi overall, wrote a very strong and intriguing article. The most effective thing he did was use outside sources not only the information presented to him. He got one of his pieces of text from twitter said by the Mozambique governor. He was also very outgoing with his points and really presented them in a way that got me thinking of how bad this cyclone really was. This also got me thinking of how I could help. But,  despite the success in this article there are some things he could work on. For example get information from an actual person who experienced this cyclone because it really will embrace how Mozambique is doing right now. From the eyes of this person, you would be able to tell how bad this cyclone really was on the people. If he would've included insider information from a actual person from Mozambique who experienced the cyclone then the article would have been a little more intriguing.