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Cyclone Idai: emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns UN food agency

New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming clearer, the UN said on Tuesday, warning that the emergency “is getting bigger by the hour”.

Death toll in cyclone-induced floods reaches 98 in Zimbabwe

Harare, Mar 19 (Xinhua/UNI) The death toll from tropical cyclone Idai induced floods in Zimbabwe has risen to 98 with 217 missing, the government has said.

‘Break the cycle’ of disaster-response-recovery, urges top UN official, as death toll mounts from Cyclone Idai

New York, Mar 19 (IBNS): The destruction unleashed by Cyclone Idai on Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, continues to claim lives and displace thousands, in what the UN’s top disaster risk reduction official called on Monday “theworst extreme weather event to occur so far this year”.