At least 24 people have been killed and dozens are missing as tropical cyclone Idai hit eastern parts of Zimbabwe after lashing neighbouring Mozambique, the government said on Saturday.
Most of the deaths were in Chimanimani East, Zimbabwe’s information ministry announced on Twitter, saying at least 40 other people had been injured.
Others who fled their homes were “marooned” on top of a mountain waiting to be rescued, but strong winds were hampering helicopter flights, the ministry said. “We need state intervention on a massive scale to avoid biblical disaster,” wrote MDC spokesman Jacob Mafume on Twitter.Tropical cyclone Idai battered central Mozambique on Friday killing at least 21 people and cutting off more than half a million people in the port city of Beira.
As the cyclone hit, Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi appealed for emergency assistance for the victims before leaving for eSwatini.
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