By AFPMore by this AuthorHARARE,At least 24 people have been killed and dozens are missing in parts of eastern Zimbabwe hit by the peripheral effects of tropical cyclone Idai which lashed neighbouring Mozambique, government said Saturday. Many houses have been damaged and bridges washed away in parts of the Manicaland province which borders Mozambique. Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Jacob Mafume tweeted that a "serious humanitarian crisis (is) unfolding" in eastern Zimbabwe districts. An official at the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) of Mozambique told AFP on Friday "there is extreme havoc". "Some runway lights were damaged, the navigation system is damaged, the control tower antennas and the control tower itself are all damaged.

Source: Daily Nation March 16, 2019 10:11 UTC