Death toll from Mozambique tropical cyclone rises over 300 with tens of thousands at risk

A general view shows damages caused by tropical cyclone"Idai" in Mozambique. Image: Josh Estey/CARE/dpa/PA Images A general view shows damages caused by tropical cyclone"Idai" in Mozambique. Image: Josh Estey/CARE/dpa/PA Images THE DEATH TOLL from a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique and Zimbabwe has risen to more than 300, as rescuers raced against the clock to help survivors and the UN led the charge to provide aid.

Air force personnel from Mozambique and South Africa were drafted in to fly rescue missions, while an NGO called Rescue South Africa said it had picked up 34 people since Friday night, using three helicopters. We just save what we can save and the others will perish. In Nhamatanda, some 60 kilometres northwest of Beira, 27-year-old Jose Batio and his wife and children survived by climbing onto a roof.“Water came like a tsunami and destroyed most things. We were prisoners on the roof,” he told AFP after they were rescued by boat.

Yesterday, Nyusi had said he feared more than 1,000 had died and more than 100,000 people were in danger.The storm also lashed eastern Zimbabwe, leaving around 100 dead, a toll that could be as much as 300, local government minister July Moyo said after a cabinet briefing.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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