19 killed, Beira city shut off as tropical cyclone slams Mozambique Tropical cyclone Idai battered central Mozambique on Friday killing at least 19 people and cutting off more than half a million people in one of the country’s largest cities Beira.
Cyclone Idai was bringing more floodwater and destruction to areas of Mozambique and Malawi where scores of people have already been killed.
Power utility Electricidade de Mocambique said in a statement that the provinces of Manica, Sofala and parts of Inhambane have been without power since Thursday. Bonifacio Cebola, a spokesperson for the Beira Central Hospital, said that the theatre at the country’s second largest hospital was not spared and surgeries have been suspended.
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