A cyclone that ravaged three southern African countries last week has killed at least 350 people, affected more than 1.7 million others and left 15,000 people still stranded by floods, according to estimates Thursday
Beira - .
Mozambican Land and Environmental Minister Celso Correia said 217 lives had been lost and 15,000 out of 18,000 stranded people still needed to be saved. "It’s encouraging that the humanitarian response is really starting to come to scale. But more help is needed," said Jamie LeSueur of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies .
Families on Wednesday were using hoes to dig through mounds of soil in search of their missing relatives, the reporter saw.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Civilian deaths rise in Yemen despite port truce - aid groupNorwegian Refugee Council says sniper and explosive attacks have been growing despite an easing of air attacks amid a three-month-old truce in Hudaida, as the devastating conflict intensifies elsewhere.
Read more »
Miller, Tahir lead South Africa to super-over victory over Sri LankaAfter sending the tourists in to bat, the home side restricted Sri Lanka to 134 for seven in their 20 overs, but then blew a commanding position to end with same total, leaving the Newlands encounter to be decided by a one-over eliminator.
Read more »
UN says major funding needed to help southern Africa after cycloneThe United Nations said Wednesday it will be seeking a 'large' amount of funding from member-states to help deal with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Idai. 'This may be one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory and so we will need to do quite a lot,&
Read more »
Cyclone hit millions across Africa in record disaster - UNA storm ravaging southern Africa is possibly the worst weather-related disaster ever to hit the southern hemisphere, with 1.7 million people in the path of the cyclone in Mozambique and 920,000 affected in Malawi, UN officials say.
Read more »
Cyclone hit millions across Africa in record disaster: U.N.Cyclone winds and floods that swept across southeastern Africa affected more tha...
Read more »
Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Idai rips across southern AfricaMore than 150 people are feared dead after Cyclone Idai ripped through countries in southern Africa including Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique, the International Federation of Red Cross says
Read more »
Cyclone's huge floods endanger thousands in southern Africa
Read more »
Cyclone's huge floods endangers the lives of more than 100,000 in southern AfricaMore than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country.
Read more »