Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000 – President

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Only 84 deaths have been confirmed so far in Mozambique as a result of Cyclone Idai.

The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures.

Speaking on Radio Mocambique, President Filipe Nyusi said he had flown over the affected region, where two rivers had overflowed.“Everything indicates that we can register more than one thousand deaths,” he said. In Beira, Mozambique’s fourth-largest city and home to 500,000 people, a large dam had burst, further complicating rescue efforts.

Zimbabwean Information Ministry official, Nick Mangwana said many people had been sleeping in the mountains since Friday, after their homes were flattened by rock falls and mudslides or washed away by torrential rains.

 

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