SANDF sends team to assist CycloneIdai ravaged Mozambique PrayForMozambique
A member of the KwaZulu-Natal rescue crew holds one of the many children evacuated in the wake of Cyclone Idai which struck Mozambique last week, leaving hundreds dead. Many international humanitarian organisations are arriving in the country to offer assistance. The hardest hit was the port city of Beira.Teams assess the damage to a hangar caused by the cyclone in Mozambique. Malawi and Zimbabwe have also been hit hard by Cyclone Idai.
Garrith Jamieson, operations manager at Rescue Care, said the exhausted teams were expected back last night. He said the teams had worked on average 18 hours a day while in Mozambique. Their efforts consisted largely of rescuing people stuck on rooftops and in trees. According to Caroline Haga of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, an aerial assessment showed that 90% of the port city of Beira was destroyed by Idai.
According to Doctors Without Borders , the death toll in Malawi stands at 56, with 577 people injured and three missing.
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