Motorcycles pass through a section of road damaged by Cyclone Idai in Nyamatanda, about 50km from Beira, in Mozambique. Photo: APA week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa, flooding still raged on Thursday as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in Zimbabwe, threatening riverside populations. The confirmed death toll in Zimbabwe, neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi surpassed 500, with hundreds more feared dead in towns and villages that were completely submerged. People arrive for food distribution at a school that has been turned into a shelter in Beira, Mozambique. Photo: APThe death toll was sure to rise.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2019 20:03 UTC