Thousands of people are still awaiting rescue from rising floodwaters in Mozambique, one week after an intense tropical cyclone struck the southeast African nation.
Thousands of people, some seen clinging to rooftops and tree branches, still await rescue from rising floodwaters in Mozambique, one week afterNearly 350,000 others are at risk of becoming trapped in the coming days as remnants ofdump rain over low-lying areas already inundated with swelling rivers and bulging dams.
The heavy rain let up in Buzi and the hard-hit port city of Beira on Thursday, but showers are expected to return in the coming hours and days. Aid agencies worry additional rainfall will impede rescue missions.A picture shows houses in a flooded area of Buzi, central Mozambique, March 20, 2019, after the passage of cyclone Idai.
, while another 920,000 people in Malawi and "thousands more" in Zimbabwe were also affected, according to World Food Program spokesperson Herve Verhoosel. The storm has been blamed for the deaths of at least 217 people in Mozambique, according to the spokesman for the country's Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development -- though Nyusi has warned that as many as 1,000 could be dead. Another 1,440 people were injured, according to Mozambique's National Disasters Management Institute.
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