Death toll from southern Africa cyclone and floods exceeds 700People from the isolated district of Buzi take shelter in the Samora M. Machel secondary school used as an evacuation center in Beira, Mozambique, on March 21, 2019, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai. At the refuge, families cooked with wood from trees ripped up by the storm, as toddlers played around battered school desks. SEE ALSO :Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000 - President“Some were wounded. Thousands made the trek from inland Mozambique toward Beira, some walking along roads carved away by the raging waters. In Zimbabwe, where roads began to open, a fuller picture of the extent of the damage began to emerge.

Source: Standard Digital March 24, 2019 21:02 UTC