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March 19, 2019

Mozambique: Cyclone Idai Death Toll Could Top 1,000
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In Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said Monday that the death toll
from Tropical Cyclone Idai could reach over 1,000 people. The
devastating cyclone brought winds of 110 miles per hour and massive
flooding to Mozambique and neighboring Zimbabwe and Malawi from Thursday
to Saturday, in what Mozambique's environment minister called the
"biggest natural disaster" the country has ever faced. Aid agencies
warned that Idai destroyed 90 percent of the low-lying port city of
Beira, which has a population of over half a million people.


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