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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
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....
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
Hmm you think me to be quite the handsome fellow...
closer
Chrissy
2019-03-19 10:47:10
In reply to JahJah
Chrissy
2019-03-19 10:49:21