PICS: Zimbabweans struggle to recover from Cyclone Idai devastation

Torrential rain and sustained winds of up to 190km per hour flattened the low-lying area between Beira in Mozambique and the Zimbabwean border. It set off landslides in the Zimbabwe highlands that have altered the landscape.

Rocks and mud now rest where houses used to stand and families used to live in Ngangu, a high-density area in Chimanimani. Surviving residents described the noise of the cyclone as deafening thunder, or compared it to the sound of a helicopter landing. Losses in Ngangu itself are unknown, but residents said 49 people from Ngangu were buried in the local cemetery and Chimanimani Heroes Acre. It took three days before the first help arrived.

Displaced residents wait for aid at a government run checkpoint in Chumanimani. The aid package consists of blankets, maize meal, oil and sugar, as well as candles and soap. Residents seeking aid, many of whom are mothers with young children, start gathering in the morning and wait hours before the packages are distributed in the late afternoon.

Edna Kabayangiri lost her two-year-old girl in the mudslide that hit Ngangu. Kabayangiri said she was washed about 100m from her house and was stuck for hours in the dark calling for help. Her child's body is yet to be found.

GroundUp_News It's difficult to recover from 2 disasters at the same time, cyclone Idai and Hurricane Munangagwa, with the other one a continuous one proudly sponsored by SADC

GroundUp_News we ones experience this at Limpopo during 2000,i remember crossing over to Mashamba from Mbokota was like this. letshelpzimbza

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