Over 160 dead in Zimbabwe, Mozambique as cyclone destroys cityIdai tore into central Mozambique on Thursday before continuing on to Zimbabwe. A toll compiled Monday by AFP from official sources puts the death toll in Mozambique at 73, including 55 in Beira alone, and 89 in Zimbabwe. At least 150 more are missing in Zimbabwe, many of them believed to government workers whose housing complex was engulfed by floods. Everything is destroyed," he told AFP on Sunday night said at Beira international airport, which re-opened after being temporarily closed because of cyclone damage. Joshua Sacco, lawmaker for Chimanimani, told AFP by phone, that between "150 to 200 people" are missing.

Source: Standard Digital March 18, 2019 11:15 UTC