On Monday, after flying over the city of Beira, Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi told a radio station that the death toll could reach 1,000 in his country alone.
People await rescue on a roof in Beira, Mozambique, on Monday. By Max Bearak Max Bearak Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi Email Bio Follow March 18 at 2:03 PM Four days have passed since Cyclone Idai barreled into the coast of southeastern Africa, and the extent of the damage is only now becoming clearer.
On Monday, after flying over Beira, President Filipe Nyusi told a radio station that the death toll could reach 1,000 in Mozambique alone. The official death toll in the country stands at 84, and it is 80 in Zimbabwe. Before the storm even made landfall, its outer bands caused flooding in neighboring Malawi, killing more than 120, demonstrating just how huge the storm was.
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