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Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 746, hundreds of thousands displaced

BEIRA, March 30: Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
School children and a man carrying food aid cross a river after Cyclone Idai at Coppa business centre in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, March 26,2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
By Reuters

BEIRA, March 30: Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.


As of Saturday, at least 746 people had been reported killed by the storm, the flooding it caused and heavy rains before it hit. Following is an outline of the disaster, according to government and United Nations officials:


MOZAMBIQUE


Cyclone Idai landed on the night of March 14 near the port city of Beira, bringing heavy winds and rains. Two major rivers, the Buzi and the Pungue, burst their banks, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the water.


People killed: 501


People injured: 1,523


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Crops damaged: 669,903 hectares


People affected: 1.85 million


ZIMBABWE


On March 16, the storm hit eastern Zimbabwe, where it flattened homes and flooded communities in the Chimanimani and Chipinge districts.


People killed: 185, according to government. The U.N. migration agency puts the death toll at 259.


People injured: 200


People displaced: 16,000 households


People affected: 250,000


MALAWI


Before it arrived, the storm brought heavy rains and flooding to the lower Shire River districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje, in Malawi’s south. The rains continued after the storm hit, compounding the misery of tens of thousands of people.


People killed: 60


People injured: 672


People displaced: 19,328 households


People affected: 868,895

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