Tag: cyclone Idai

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Africa's cyclone Idai batters 1.7 million people: now outbreaks of cholera and malaria

  

  A week after the flooded Mozambican port of Beira was hit by Cyclone Idai, cases of cholera have been recorded, a humanitarian aid group said on Friday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned of the risk of other outbreaks, already noting an increase in malaria.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Hundreds killed by cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi

  

  Cyclone Idai has triggered a “massive disaster” in southern Africa affecting hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, the UN says. The region has been hit by widespread flooding and devastation affecting Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.