Ireland will contribute at least €1,050,000 to help those affected by Cyclone Idai.
Survivors of Cyclone Idai in a makeshift shelter by the roadside near Nhamatanda about 50 kilometres from Beira, in Mozambique, Image: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Survivors of Cyclone Idai in a makeshift shelter by the roadside near Nhamatanda about 50 kilometres from Beira, in Mozambique, Image: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi THE IRISH GOVERNMENT has announced it is giving over €1 million in funding to support the thousands of people affected by Cyclone Idai in southern Africa.
A week after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, flood waters have begun to recede in parts, adding fears the death toll could soar as bodies are revealed. A man passes through a section of the road damaged by Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda about 50 kilometres from Beira, in Mozambique Source: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi via PA Images
In Mozambique, thousands of people were making a grim voyage toward the city of Beira, which although 90% destroyed has become a centre for frantic rescue efforts throughout the region. “The situation is simply horrendous, there is no other way to describe it,” As Sy said after touring transit camps for the growing number of displaced.
She estimated that another 100 people would be airlifted out today: “We’re only picking up those in absolute dire need.”Mozambicans stands in a queue to receive food from the World Food Programme in Nhamatanda, about 100km west of Beira Source: Themba Hadebe Zimbabwe was also affected by the cyclone and as roads began to clear and some basic communications were set up, a fuller picture of the extent of the damage there is beginning to emerge.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” she said, barefoot, a cooking pot bubbling nearby. “We were not warned. Suddenly the roof flew away.”
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