At least 48 people have been killed in Mozambique and 39 in neighbouring Zimbabwe after tropical cyclone Idai tore through the two southern African countries, officials and media said Sunday.
Dozens of others are missing after the storm brought strong winds, heavy rains and flash flooding destroying bridges and sweeping away homes in parts of the two adjacent nations.
Two of the victims were students who died after a landslide sent a boulder crashing into their dormitory, collapsing the wall of the dining room and trapping 50 of them, the country’s Department of Civil Protection said. Some 300 refugees who were housed at Tongogara Refugee Camp in the southeast have been affected and 49 houses damaged.
The city’s airport was set to open on Sunday as flights began taking off from the capital Maputo bound for Beira.
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