Spanish PM cancels journey amid practice crash | EUROtoday

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President Daniel Chapo has canceled his journey to Davos due to extreme flooding in Mozambique that has broken infrastructure and affected a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals.

Chapo revealed a Facebook put up late on Sunday saying that the nation was going by “a tough time.”

“As President of the Republic, our place is with our people. We maintain our commitment to investment and international partners, but the absolute priority at this moment is to save lives,” he wrote.

Persistent heavy rans since mid-December have led to widespread floods within the Gaza, Maputo and Sofala provinces of Mozambique, with a number of river basins above alert ranges, accoring to an replace from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Sunday.

The OCHA report estimated that greater than 400,000 folks had been affected.

The heavy rains have additionally affected elements of neighboring South Africa. The famend Kruger National Park within the northeast reopened to guests on Monday after closing for a number of days.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is not going to journey to Davos in mild of the key practice crash on Sunday night in Spain, his workplace has stated.

At least 39 folks had been killed within the high-speed practice collision close to Adamuz within the southern province of Cordoba, with a minimum of 122 injured and 48 of these nonetheless in hospital as of Monday morning.

Sanchez and Transport Minister Oscar Puente had been headed to the crash website on Monday morning.

A complete of round 400 passengers had been on board the 2 trains that collided, in keeping with a press release from state-owned rail operator Renfe.

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