Tropical cyclone Idai battered Mozambican coastal city Beira on Friday (Mar 15), leaving half a million people virtually cut off after power lines ...
MAPUTO: Tropical cyclone Idai battered Mozambican coastal city Beira on Friday , leaving half a million people virtually cut off after power lines crashed, airport shut and roads were swamped by flooding that killed 66 people nationwide.
Officials did not report any confirmed deaths, but local Beira station STV reported a child had died in Manica province west of the city, apparently the victim of a falling roof.Another official, Pedro Armando Alberto Virgula, in Chinde, said a hospital, police station and seven schools there lost their roofs and four houses were destroyed.
Heavy rains in neighbouring Malawi have affected almost a million people and claimed 56 lives, according to the latest government toll.
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