The United Nations asked donors for an extra $60-million to help Zimbabwe recover from a cyclone that tore through eastern regions last month.
The storm flooded swathes of land, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis caused by an earlier drought.
It killed at least 268 in the southern African country and hundreds more in neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi."The revised humanitarian flash appeal aims to respond to the rising humanitarian needs of people in Zimbabwe due to a dry spell, challenging economic situation and compounded by the recent Cyclone Idai disaster," the UN's resident coordinator in Harare, Bishow Parajuli, said.
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