Maputo, May 1 (RHC)-- In Mozambique, at least five people were killed and thousands more feared trapped, after the second major cyclone to hit southeastern Africa within weeks roared ashore as a Category 4 storm with winds of over 135 miles per hour.

Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest storm ever to make landfall in Mozambique.  Officials are warning the death toll is likely to rise, after the storm flattened whole villages, bringing heavy rains that left some towns in northern Mozambique cut off by raging floodwaters.

Officials are warning of a looming humanitarian disaster in a region that's still reeling from Cyclone Idai, which struck in March, leaving nearly 600 dead, while sparking a cholera epidemic and shortages of drinking water and food.