Over 2.6 million people at risk in Southern Africa following a deadly cyclone and intense flooding.
80,000 People have been displaced in Malawi.
March 14thCyclone Idai made landfall.
750Confirmed dead as of April 15th.
A deadly cyclone and intense flooding has ravaged parts of Southern Africa, causing immense damage, and injuring thousands in Mozambique, and also affecting people in Malawi and Zimbabwe. As of April 15th, 500 people were reported dead, but officials on the ground anticipate that number could surpass more than 1,000.
Making landfall on March 14th, Cyclone Idai generated winds up to 177 kilometers per hour and officials are concerned that widespread flooding could spread disease such as cholera.
Canadian charities are on the ground to assist rescue efforts, provide aid, and assist long-term efforts to help communities rebuild. Over half a million people in Beira, Mozambique are in need of urgent emergency aid after much of the city was destroyed by the cyclone. Those affected are in desperate need of food, shelter, medical care, and emergency aid in the aftermath of the disaster.
The federal government is urging Canadians to open up their wallets and contribute to the humanitarian relief efforts in three southern African countries hit by Tropical Cyclone Idai last month. Large parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe have been devastated by what may be the worst ever disaster to strike the southern hemisphere, according to the UN. The cyclone has killed at least 700 people,
Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai, which swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe last week, destroying towns and villages in its path. Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been affected by what the UN says could be “one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere”. Here’s what we know so far
Cyclone Idai has swept through Southern Africa, potentially killing hundreds of people and leaving widespread flooding in Mozambique. People in cyclone-hit areas of Mozambique are clinging desperately to rooftops in areas virtually submerged by flood water, awaiting aid and rescue, the charity Save the Children has said. Aid workers are also racing against time to save thousands of children from becoming trapped in Buzi, a
Canada to match donations to Cyclone Idai relief for up $2M
The federal government is urging Canadians to open up their wallets and contribute to the humanitarian relief efforts in three southern African countries hit by Tropical Cyclone Idai last month.
Large parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe have been devastated by what may be the worst ever disaster to strike the southern hemisphere, according to the UN.
The cyclone has killed at least 700 people, with hundreds more missing. It also flooded vast regions and destroyed critical infrastructure. An estimated 2.6 million people have been affected and the need for food, water, sanitation and shelter is urgent.
More than 1,000 cases of cholera, diarrhea and malaria have been reported already.
Cyclone Idai: How the storm tore into southern Africa
Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai, which swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe last week, destroying towns and villages in its path.
Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been affected by what the UN says could be “one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere”.
Here’s what we know so far about the impact of the cyclone.
Large areas are under water
The storm made landfall near the port city of Beira in Mozambique’s Sofala province on 14 March, packing winds of up to 177 km/h (106 mph) and bringing torrential rain.
Cyclone survivors clinging to rooftops in Mozambique as they await rescue, aid officials say
Cyclone Idai has swept through Southern Africa, potentially killing hundreds of people and leaving widespread flooding in Mozambique.
People in cyclone-hit areas of Mozambique are clinging desperately to rooftops in areas virtually submerged by flood water, awaiting aid and rescue, the charity Save the Children has said.
Aid workers are also racing against time to save thousands of children from becoming trapped in Buzi, a district in the country’s central Sofala province that could become submerged in the next 24 hours, according to an aerial survey, the international charity said.
The survey showed that more than 50 kilometers of land in Buzi town has been submerged after a river burst its banks in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai that has devastated three countries in southern Africa.
“Thousands of children lived in areas completely engulfed by water. In many places, no roofs or treetops are even visible above the floods. In other areas, people are clinging to rooftops desperately waiting to be rescued,” said Machiel Pouw, Save the Children’s response leader in Mozambique.
