Scores dead after cyclone hits Mozambique, Zimbabwe

This picture taken on March 15, 2019 shows vehicules as rain, which is believed to be the beginning of Tropical cyclone Idai coming from central Mozambique, falls in the flooded districts of Chikwawaa and Nsanje in southern Malawi. At least 56 people have died in flood-hit areas as of March 13, according to the government, while 577 had been injured and almost 83,000 people have been displaced.

Zimbabwe government spokesman Nick Mangwana told AFP that the death toll in the country was “is now at 39”.He said most of the deaths occurred in the Ngangu township situated in a valley in Chimanimani town, where more than 100 houses were washed away. The United Nations said more than 100 people are missing in Zimbabwe and that up to 9,600 were affected by the cyclone.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who cut short his visit to Abu Dhabi, has declared a state of disaster in the affected areas.Tropical cyclone Idai battered central Mozambique on Friday, cutting off more than half a million residents of the port city Beira.

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