Cyclone Idai: Many dead in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
A tropical storm has swept away bridges and homes in eastern Zimbabwe, killing at least 24 people, officials say.
Cyclone Idai cut off power and communications in parts of Manicaland province on the border with Mozambique. Some 40 people are missing. People fled from their homes to the slopes of mountain and were waiting to be rescued, but strong winds have hampered helicopter flights.Flooding across the rest of the country had already killed nearly 70 people before the storm's arrival.
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