The death toll in Mozambique after a cyclone tore through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods has jumped to 417, Land and Environment ...
BEIRA: The number of people killed in Mozambique after a cyclone tore through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods has risen to more than 400, a government minister said on Saturday, as the United Nations warned of the risk of further flooding.
"But unfortunately the number of dead is increasing, we have now 417 people who have lost their lives," he said.Some survivors have taken refuge at churches and centres offering temporary shelter, while individuals joined international aid agencies and the government in rushing humanitarian aid to affected areas.Correia said 1,500 people were in need of immediate rescue from rooftops and trees.
"We're going to have to wait until the flood waters recede until we know the full expanse of the toll on the people of Mozambique," OCHA coordinator Sebastian Rhodes Stampa said. Dams around the port city of 500,000 people were also filling up, and threatening to overflow or break. The release of water from dams upstream in Zimbabwe was also a concern.The storm has killed 259 in Zimbabwe, and the number was expected to rise, relief agencies said. In Malawi, 56 people died in heavy rains before the onset of Cyclone Idai.
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