The UN appeals for help in Mozambique

The UN is stepping up calls for help in Mozambique as aid agencies struggle to assist tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern Africa’s most powerful cyclones, Idai.

The UN Migration agency (IOM) said that so far the confirmed death toll in Mozambique and neighbouring Zimbabwe topped 550 on Friday, with 293 killed in Mozambique, and 259 in Zimbabwe, but it’s expected to increase.

Around 1.7 million people have been affected by the catastrophe and hundreds are still missing the wake of Cyclone Idai.

Aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
A woman and her child take shelter at Eduardo Mondlane School after the passage of Cyclone Idai, in Beira City, central Mozambique.

Humanitarian agencies are also racing against the clock to help people, many of whom have not had a meal in days.

Poor sanitary conditions mean disease is now a real concern with cholera being of highest concern.

Aid group Doctors Without Borders said people were also at risk of respiratory infections such as pneumonia.

Via France 24

 

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