CYCLONE IDAI: “NOW I’M NOTHING” – ZIMBABWE FLOODS LEAVE TRADERS DESTITUTE
RAY MWAREYA, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
1.85 million people affected in Mozambique alone in aftermath of Idai, says UN
Some 1.85 million people have been affected by the destructive power of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique alone, according to the latest UN assessment which comes as a new appeal is launched to fund relief efforts. The cyclone, which made landfall near the Mozambique port of Beira on 14th March, smashed buildings, destroyed crops and caused […]
After cyclone disaster, church organisations mobilise to help devastated Africans
Nairobi, KenyaRNS When Cyclone Idai struck the south-east Africa coast last week, it swept away everything in its path, including churches, schools and homes in the Mozambican port city of Beira and beyond. By Sunday, the number of confirmed deaths caused by the storm in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe was continuing to rise as churches, […]
Death toll rises in southern Africa in wake of Cyclone Idai
The death toll from Cyclone Idai in the southern African nations of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi has now passed at least 600 with thousands of people still in need of immediate help. The cyclone striuck Mozambique earlier this month centred on the port city of Beira before moving over land to Zimbabwe and Malawi. On […]
African cyclone survivors risk ‘second wave’ of loss with disease threat
Thompson Reuters Foundation At least half a million survivors of a powerful cyclone in southeast Africa are at risk of fatal diseases, from cholera and dysentery to malaria, aid workers warned on Thursday, as rescue teams struggled to reach flood-hit communities. Packing wind speeds of up to 170 kph, Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique’s port city […]
Quick facts: Cyclone Idai’s trail of destruction across south-east Africa
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rescue teams in south-east Africa were struggling on Wednesday to reach people stranded by flooding after Cyclone Idai killed hundreds and left a trail of destruction in one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in decades. Mozambique started three days of national mourning for those killed in what has […]
Cyclone Idai could be one of the worst disasters to hit southern hemisphere, says UN
The destructive cyclone that tore through Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi late last week could be one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere, the UN have said. It’s estimated that as many as 2.6 million people have been affected by the cyclone and while the official death toll in the three […]
Updated: Death toll in Mozambique in wake of Cyclone Idai could hit 1,000 says president
More than 1,000 people may have died in Mozambique, one of three countries in southern Africa struck by Cyclone Idai last week, the nation’s President has said. While 84 deaths have so far reportedly been confirmed in Mozambique – along with at least 89 people in Zimbabwe and 56 in Malawi, President Filipe Nyusi said […]