'We have done an assessment and the number of people that were affected is 513,000 and these are preliminary numbers.'
Mozambique’s minister of land and rural development, Celso Correia, said the official body count had risen as military personnel and relief agencies extended their reaches to the remote expanses of Sofala province.
The high-water mark in some areas rose by as much as 10m, while winds of nearly 300km an hour uprooted trees and stripped roofs from houses.
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