The number of people killed in the cyclone that has devastated Mozambique is likely to 'increase significantly', an aid agency has said
JOHANNESBURG - The number of people killed in Mozambique by powerful storms and floods across southeastern Africa is likely to rise significantly, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.
The official death count in Mozambique stands at 84 - but its president Filipe Nyusi said on Monday he had flown over some of the worst-hit zones, seen bodies floating in rivers and now estimated more than 1,000 people may have died there. The storm hit land near Mozambique’s port of Beira on Thursday and went on to flood huge areas of territory, destroy roads, and wipe out communications networks across the region.
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