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Over 1,000 people died from Tropical cyclone

 
Chrissy 2019-03-19 05:10:02 

Idal in Mozambique
Clse to 100 died in Zimbabwe.

Mr Nyusi flew over some of the worst-hit areas on Monday. He described seeing bodies floating in the rivers.

The storm made landfall near the port city of Beira on Thursday with winds of up to 177 km/h (106 mph), but aid teams only reached the city on Sunday.

A UN aid worker told the BBC that every building in Beira - home to half a million people - had been damaged.

Gerald Bourke, from the UN's World Food Programme, said: "No building is untouched. There is no power. There is no telecommunications. The streets are littered with fallen electricity lines.

"The roofs on so many houses have fallen in, likewise the walls. A lot of people in the city have lost their homes."

 
Norm 2019-03-19 05:57:28 

Very unusual weather for this part of the world.

 
nitro 2019-03-19 06:07:16 

In reply to Chrissy

Tropical cyclone at this time of the year. wow.

 
camos 2019-03-19 08:57:58 

what a monster!

 
Ayenmol 2019-03-19 09:03:18 

In reply to nitro

That is the Southern Hemisphere, it's kinda warm there this time of year...In fact it's about like September in this part of the World.

I guess Fox News doesn't teach much about the World.

 
Ayenmol 2019-03-19 09:04:48 

In reply to camos

It was only 106mph winds.

A little more Southerly than usual, but what else is new?

 
Emir 2019-03-19 09:26:52 

In reply to Chrissy

So sad.

 
mikesiva 2019-03-19 09:58:12 

In reply to Chrissy

Terrible news....
cry
I've heard of cyclones hitting the Orient, and the west coast of the Americas. But I didn't realise they reached as far as southern Africa. Is that normal?

 
JahJah 2019-03-19 10:21:31 

In reply to Professor Aye-knowit-ol

Keep teaching pruf!

 
camos 2019-03-19 10:27:23 

In reply to Ayenmol

wind is not so much of a problem, its the flooding.

 
Ayenmol 2019-03-19 10:30:46 

In reply to camos

When you said what a monster i imagined you mean the hurricane. When describing a hurricane as a monster it is generally regarded as wind force.

 
camos 2019-03-19 10:32:38 

In reply to Ayenmol

that true!

 
Ayenmol 2019-03-19 10:39:13 

In reply to JahJah

lol lol

Hmm you think me to be quite the handsome fellow...

closer

 
Chrissy 2019-03-19 10:47:10 

In reply to JahJah

lol lol

 
Chrissy 2019-03-19 10:49:21 

In reply to mikesiva
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Tropical-Cyclone-Idais-Death-Toll-Mozambique-May-Exceed-1000?cm_ven=cat6-widget" target="_" >Horrific