Beira, Mozambique - The number of people
in makeshift camps after a powerful cyclone in Mozambique has
risen by 18 000 to 128,000 but the death toll remains roughly
unchanged at 447, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia
said on Monday.
"The loss of lives remains the same as yesterday," Correia
said. "The number of people saved in INGC (National Institute of
Disaster Management) camps has increased to 128 000," Correia
told reporters at a briefing.
Cyclone Idai lashed the Mozambican port city of Beira with
winds of up to 170 kph (105 mph), then moved inland to Zimbabwe
and Malawi, flattening buildings and killing at least 656 people
across the three countries.