Six days after the cyclone made landfall, aid agencies still lack the boats and aircraft to rescue those stranded by the water.
By Max Bearak Max Bearak Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi Email Bio Follow March 21 at 7:25 AM BEIRA, Mozambique — Ceaseless rain and widespread devastation hampered rescue operations Thursday as underequipped aid agencies struggled to cope with the extensive damage inflicted by Cyclone Idai on central Mozambique.
While the waters are slowly receding, they are waist-level in many areas, and tens of thousands of people are still stranded, with aid agencies estimating that 400,000 people have lost their homes and will need to be housed in emergency shelters. There are fears that the toll could soar into the thousands once some of the more remote affected areas are reached.The plan is ultimately to create vast camps to house the displaced, but for now the immediate goal, six days after the cyclone hit, is still just to rescue people and feed them.
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