UN says 200,000 Zimbabweans will need food aid for three months and rescue workers scouring rural areas for survivors of the region's worst disaster
Locals affected by Cyclone Idai leave their home in a canoe during floods in Buzi district, outside Beira, Mozambique, March 21 2019. Picture:REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKO
In neighbouring Zimbabwe, the death toll jumped to 139. The UN World Food Programme , which is coordinating food drops across the region, said 200,000 people in Zimbabwe would need urgent food aid for three months.A key priority now is pushing into remaining areas affected by the flooding that have not yet been explored in search of people needing rescue, said Connor Hartnady, leader of a South African rescue task force.
An elderly woman sat, dazed, nearby with two of her grandchildren. All three were unharmed, but the children had lost their mother. Cyclone Idai lashed Beira with winds of up to 170km/h a week ago, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, flattening buildings and putting the lives of millions at risk.
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