JOHANNESBURG - The full extent of the Mozambique humanitarian emergency was still emerging days after the deadly Cyclone Idai hit the city of Beira and left a trail of death and destruction, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Tuesday.
In neigbhouring Zimbabwe, as many as 89 people were reported to have lost their lives in Chimanimani after the Cyclone swelled rivers and washed away roads and bridges. Malawi has also been affected. "Rescuers are scrambling to pull people trapped on rooftops and in trees to safety. Many, many families have lost everything.”
IFRC and Mozambique Red Cross on Tuesday launched a 10 million Swiss franc emergency appeal to support about 75,000 of the worst affected people in central Mozambique. The appeal prioritises shelter, and water and sanitation."Additional supplies for at least 3,000 families are being brought in by ship from the French Red Cross’ Indian Ocean Regional intervention Platform on Réunion Island.
This is so terrible. We have been so preoccupied with loadshedding and lost focus on this tragedy.
And yet where are the international media. Bar CNN. Mozambique
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