'This is the worst disaster in Mozambique’s history,' one aid organization told Newsweek.
Humanitarian groups raced to help hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes after Cyclone Idai crashed into Mozambique on Thursday.
As of Monday, the official death toll across the cities of Beira, Dondo and Chimoio was 84. More than 200 people were thought to have died in Mozambique and Malawi as of Monday morning, NPR reported. At least 2,000 were injured in the two countries, Médecins Sans Frontières reported. Zimbabwe experienced extensive damage, and authorities said 98 people had died, according to the BBC.
Matthew Cochrane, a spokesman for International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told Newsweek: "This is the worst disaster in Mozambique’s history. Beira has been devastated, and areas surrounding the city have been completely inundated by floodwaters that are, in some places, meters deep… This is a major humanitarian emergency.”
Save the Children was battling to send relief trucks on a treacherous, hours-long journey to the affected area in Mozambique, Greg Ramm, vice president for humanitarian response, told Newsweek. “Access and rising flood waters are currently our biggest hurdles,” he said. Fearing the potential spread of waterborne diseases, Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit was already working with local authorities and other groups to prevent another wave of catastrophe.
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies estimated it needed about $10 million to help the 75,000 people most profoundly affected by the crisis, Cochrane said. “Our priorities are to provide people with shelter and to ensure they have clean water and basic sanitation.”Ramm explained that Save the Children would be distributing emergency items such as buckets, tarpaulins, jerricans and multi-purpose tents.
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