Worshippers sing in the remains of their church, which was destroyed by cyclone Idai in Mozambique. Read more:
BEIRA, Mozambique - Rescue workers plucked more survivors from trees and roofs to safety on Thursday, a week after a cyclone ripped through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
In neighbouring Zimbabwe, the death toll jumped to 139. The United Nations World Food Programme , which is coordinating food drops, said 200,000 Zimbabweans would need urgent food aid for three months. In Malawi 56 people were confirmed dead. With more rains forecast, Christian worshippers sang hymns on an empty tract of land where a pulpit was all that remained of their pentecostal church.
Private TV station STV put the number of people still trapped in risky areas of Mozambique at 350,000 and said as many as 60,000 were believed stuck on roofs, trees and other higher places. The numbers could not be independently confirmed. Rescuers also want to move people from a basketball stadium near the Buzi river - one of the worst affected areas - to a village on higher ground, where aid organisations are setting up a temporary camp with a capacity of up to 600, he said.
The WFP stepped up airdrops of high-energy biscuits and water purification tablets to isolated pockets of people stranded by the floodwaters.Slideshow
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