Thursday, March 21, 2019

WORLD_ Death toll from Cyclone Idai surpasses 500 in southern Africa

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Death toll from Cyclone Idai surpasses 500 in southern Africa

By Associated Press

March 21, 2019 | 2:18pm | Updated



A man stands in floodwaters following cyclone-force winds and heavy rain near the coastal city of Beira, Mozambique, on Wednesday.
AP



ZIMBABWE — A week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa, flooding still raged Thursday as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in Zimbabwe, threatening riverside populations. The confirmed death toll in Zimbabwe, neighboring Mozambique and Malawi surpassed 500, with hundreds more feared dead in towns and villages that were completely submerged.

Aid agencies and several governments continued to step up their deployments, with helicopters in short supply for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the cyclone.

Spokesman Herve Verhoosel of the World Food Program told reporters in Geneva of the “alarming news” that the Marowanyati dam in Zimbabwe was hit by heavy rains overnight, putting populations in the region at risk.

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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2019/03/21/death-toll-from-cyclone-idai-surpasses-500-in-southern-africa/



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