Mozambique city of Beira '90% damaged or destroyed' by cyclone

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Cyclone Idai leaves a trail of destruction in neighbouring Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Cyclone Idai continues has left its mark on Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi., the Red Cross said on Monday, as the death toll in the country and neighbouring Zimbabwe rose to 157.is massive and horrifying," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a statement.It said 90 percent of Beira and its surrounds are"damaged or destroyed".

A toll compiled Monday by AFP from official sources puts the death toll in Mozambique at 68, including 55 in Beira alone, and"The situation is terrible. The scale of devastation is enormous, the IFRC's Jamie LeSueur was quoted as saying in the statement.

 

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