Cyclone Kenneth has killed 41 people in Mozambique, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday. The fatalities came about a month after Cyclone Idai killed more than 600 people in the southern Africa country.

Cyclone Kenneth also killed seven people and injured more than 200 others in the Comoros, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Dujarric said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs also reported that more than 37,700 houses were destroyed or damaged in Mozambique.

UN humanitarian partners supplied shelter material, including tarpaulins, family kits, tents and hygiene as well as water in need, he said.

In the Comoros, almost 80 percent of farms and over 60 percent of crops have reportedly been destroyed and the cyclone also reportedly destroyed over 3,800 houses, the spokesman said.

The United Nations has deployed team members to assist the government of the Comoros in rapid assessment and response and emergency supplies are in place for health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene.

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