"The situation is getting better, still critical, but it's getting better," Correia said, adding that it was becoming easier to work on the ground. "But unfortunately the number of dead is increasing, we have now 417 people who have lost their lives." "We're going to have to wait until the flood waters recede until we know the full expanse of the toll on the people of Mozambique," OCHA coordinator Sebastian Rhodes Stampa said. The storm has also killed 259 in Zimbabwe, and the number was expected to rise, relief agencies said. Both Correia and Rhodes Stampa said that cholera and other water-borne diseases were not yet a problem, though floodwaters were dirty and the risk of disease spreading was high.

Source: bd News24 March 23, 2019 09:22 UTC