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Fears are growing for more than 500,000 people in the Mozambique city of Beira, after aid agency officials warned that 90% of the area had been “destroyed” by Cyclone Idai.

March 19th, 2019

Category 2 storm with 175 kph (110 mph winds)
The official death toll stood at 84
“everything indicates that we can have a record of more than 1,000 dead.” Nyusi described seeing “bodies floating” in the water after two rivers broke their banks “wiping out entire villages ” and isolating others.
“It’s a real humanitarian disaster of large proportions,”

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Fears are growing for more than 500,000 people in the Mozambique city of Beira, after aid agency officials warned that 90% of the area had been “destroyed” by Cyclone Idai.

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