As world marks Water Day, cyclone victims stare at malaria, cholera riskA child is transported on a fridge during floods after Cyclone Idai, in Buzi, outside Beira, Mozambique, on March 21, 2019. Rescue workers continue to find bodies and the toll could rise sharply, they add. About 90 per cent of the infrastructure in Beira city alone has been destroyed, said aid workers, and rescue teams are battling to reach communities cut off due roads and bridges being washed away. "With latrines having been washed away and sanitary systems disrupted, open defecation and the pollution of water sources is a major concern. "We must prevent a second wave of destruction from additional flooding, crop loss, hunger, and potential disease."

Source: Standard Digital March 22, 2019 06:56 UTC