A girl takes shelter at Agostinho Neto School after the passage of Cyclone Idai, in Beira City, central Mozambique, 22 March 2019. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi issued a national emergency decree on 19 March, and said some 350,000 people were ‘at risk.’ Mozambique is today fulfilling the second of three days of national mourning.
The storm, affecting Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, killed over 500 people, media reported.
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