The cyclone was one of the most destructive storms southern Africa has experienced in decades
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People have been reported clinging to rooftops and trees since the cyclone roared in over the weekend. The United Nations humanitarian office said the town of Buzi, with some 200,000 people, was at risk of becoming at least partially submerged.“Flood waters are predicted to rise significantly in the coming days and 350,000 people are at risk,” the U.N. office said.
Mozambique’s president late Tuesday said more than 200 people were confirmed dead there. President Filipe Nyusi after flying over the affected region on Monday said he expected more than 1,000 deaths. International aid has started trickling in to ease the crisis, while churches in Zimbabwe collected supplies to send on.“Everyone is doubling, tripling, quadrupling whatever they were planning” in terms of aid, said Caroline Haga of the Red Cross in Beira. “It’s much larger than anyone could ever anticipate.”
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