floods and ferocious winds officially more than two hundred people are confirmed dead between malawi mozambique and zimbabwe but mozambique's government is now warning that the death toll could be more than one thousand in mozambique alone psycho need die made landfall in wasn't based on thursday if they moved west wood into zimbabwe where it brought torrential rain across the eastern and southern parts of the country money money districts in money and was the hardest hit a die also pounded on neighboring malawi forcing people to fill a flooded areas now in mozambique a picture of the extent of the destruction is starting to emerge and it's devastating the red cross says ninety percent of the port city of farah has been destroyed. they were a city almost completely flattened by the strike line some pipe hundred thousand people call the port city home and with communications down and roads count the numbers of dead or injured here a still unclear as the cycling swept across mozambican into zimbabwe terrain to rain flash floods and winds of up to one hundred seventy kilometers per hour left a tra

i also pounded on neighboring malawi forcing people day to three flooded areas now in mozambique a picture of the extent of the destruction is starting to emerge and it's devastating the red cross says ninety percent of the port city of berra has been destroyed. they were a city almost completely flattened by the cyclon some pipe hundred thousand people call the port city home and with communications down and roads count the numbers of dead or injured here a still unclear as the cycling swept across mozambican into zimbabwe terrain to rain flash floods and winds of up to one hundred seventy kilometers per hour left a trail of destruction areas have been cut off leaving people without roofs over their heads clean water and electricity. in neighboring malawi the rain spoiled the waters in a region already hit by flooding. now people are even more reliant on ain't. no one but my house and many other homes have been destroyed and my land and my kitchen utensils and my food everything's gone in the floods of the night. we've nowhere to go we can relocate as we are covered by and surrounded by w

the show now nearly a million people have been affected after a severe floods in parts of malawi and mozambique every rain started in the middle of last week and south in malawi and central and northern was on the at least seven hundred forty thousand people have felt the impact in malawi while one hundred forty one thousand people have been affected in mozambique and it's expected to get worse a tropical cyclone the die is approaching and is due to make landfall in mozambique on thursday authorities there. for help. meanwhile malawi is also at the risk of flooding the cyclon set to bring heavy winds over the coming days both countries are flown to various weather into effect seen more than two hundred people were killed by flooding in. joining me now is allison shagari freelance journalist who is currently in the flood affected areas in south in malawi hello thanks for joining us what is the situation like on the ground as we speak as we speak now the situation on the ground is not over that proved a little provision sure fifty seven people up to sixty two have so far die. ivan three. thousand

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says one point eight million people are affected in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi six hundred thousand people have lost their homes and now there is a risk of disease outbreaks. we'll have cholera for your wife explaining what you did we'll have a roller hour with everybody larry at that point of calling this is so the government over the father of three kids there are already cleanup work has begun indiana but more and more aid organizations are arriving to open and regency shelters for the increasing numbers of people who are fleeing to the city to find protection heavy rains are forecast again for next week. you're watching. live from but then still to come the kenyan man who's become the world's best teacher we'll find out how he transformed students' lives on what's he's going to do with the million dollar prize for the. time germany's football is finally get their groove back the new look to have beach preserve rivals the netherlands with one last gasp with. closer to brazil where there are growing concerns about the future of the country's rainforest a new government has promise

of humidity but i think you'll stay dry where we have season very active weather recently is malawi mozambique and now just off the coast of madagascar this tropical cyclone it's strengthening will be out of the water for the next two days but eventually it will make landfall again in southern mozambique. real men killed a mother and son on their way to an appointment sadly the insurgents don't wear uniforms water is seen long ago with the was of the american occupation of iraq matthew has an old american prince to account trump tower twenty sixteen how come you didn't mention not meeting to congress and i did i don't know they got the transcript wrong. i don't think you're that sharp that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy holding a yard charging at the head on a. again you're watching as you see a reminder of october still ethiopian airlines has grounded its entire fleet of boeing seven three seven max aircraft off one of them crashed on sunday jet went down shortly after takeoff from at a savage killing all one hundred fifty seven people earlier on monday china gr

this thomas also kills around one hundred people in malawi and mozambique tens of thousands of people there have been forced from their homes and power blackouts have been widespread talk about this in central mozambique since the cyclon hit mozambique's coast where we are into renshaw rains and strong winds rivers of swollen power lines are blown down cyclons are common in the indian ocean at this time of year but few of them hit land and this one has been particularly destructive because it came ashore mozambique's fourth largest city they were and we're still three hundred kilometers from there we're trying to reach there and that's not easy you can see the kind of damage cyclons done even here a whole bridge completely washed away because of this wall of a river because the enormous amount of rainfall just within the last day or two so many trucks tried to pass it to try and reach people in bay where they've had to turn around and take another route it in the city of beirut all communications are off the airports closed the power is down so it's very hard to find out what the exte

the storm devastated large swathes of mozambique, zimbabwe, and malawi.evelopment minister warned that the scale of the international response to the disaster was not reaching the level of the crisis. would the minister agreed that the scale and effect of this disaster is devastating and still unfolding with what he said to 200 million people. they need of urgent humanitarian assistance. the right of another secondary emergency from diseases like cholera and malaria. could he tell the house of the apartments long—term plan to help countries recover and also what the government is doing to encourage other countries to match this countries generosity both private and public. can i also pay tribute to the noble baroness's work with the emergency committee, the amount of money raised is phenomenal, 21 million — the generosity of the british people. the uk's contribution is from this is way ahead of any other country, the next nearest is 22 million. united states 10.8, then you have germany at 3.5. therefore, rightly, the secretary of state for national develo

thirty people have died in eastern zimbabwe as tropical cyclone each day pushes west from mozambique and malawi and he's forty more i believe missing after homes bridges and roads were swept away by storms already killed about one hundred other people across malawi and mozambique tens of thousands of been forced from their homes you know to feel but. i saw a woman being hit by debris it's not safe for people walking here the situation is very chaotic as innovate they see the movie they said it was a majority of houses a ninety five percent that collapsed was precarious lee built his poor materials but our reporter malcolm webb is near bear in mozambique. since the cyclamen mozambique's coast where we are going to wrench will rains and strong winds rivers of swollen power lines are blown down cycling is a common in the indian ocean at this time of year but few of them hit land and this one has been particularly destructive because it came ashore mozambique's fourth largest city they are and we're still three hundred kilometers from there we're trying to reach there and that's not easy you can se

people can be saved anywhere else for your information some people are coming as far as mozambique crossing into malawi because the flood also affected part of mozambique and saw the numbers like this in and i'm sure this will give them a lot of government tough time to find money to help these people who are being fitted. out of saying god generalists thank you very much for the time. as we've had earlier regions of mozambique have also been hit by flooding the government has declared in red unless due to the tropical cyclone he die a specter had to reach that country soon let's talk about what michael chiles from international federation of red cross and red crescent societies who is coordinating the response thank you very much michael for joining as that what exactly are you doing to help the people in mozambique so have you have you rightly said you know we're expecting a tropical storm to heat and it's going to hit a few provinces to find the provinces especially and we have our volunteers on the ground as you know the red cross is well and good based organization and in mozambique we have thousa

and the devastation caused by cyclonic day after it tore through zimbabwe malawi and mozambique five days ago is becoming clearer in mozambique alone nearly one hundred people have been confirmed dead the government fears the death toll will rise to more than a thousand according to the red cross today damaged or destroyed ninety percent of buildings in mozambique sports eighty but many of the devastated and severely flooded areas still cut off united nations is urging the international community to help. the situation is a very. important crisis and that must be seen as an impact on quizes a lot you just need it i don't think of the world yet the scale of the problem especially in mozambique we have a bit less information about zimbabwe in malawi in malawi some of the people displaced start to go back home to rebuild their own then the situation looks a bit better there before mozambique it's differently an impact on quiet there's additional funding is necessary for the human family and obviously for the world food court. didn't lose how the cleaver has been looking at the situation

and again the wet seasons of bank to end in this part of africa particularly malawi mozambique and madagascar and it's when the season comes in or goes out you get some of the most violent weather the potential for tropical sarkies the amount of rain quite surprised figures are to be believed and that's a huge amount is nearly a month's worth of rain for example in chile in in just one day but anyway we have seen vast amounts in madagascar in particular but watch the spin although in the immediate future this line exists of dong regions heavy shouting out to northern zambia down to malawi down to madagascar for take you ahead once more that's strange circulation account current new allana might end up being a tropical cyclone just between madagascar mainland if that's the case vast amounts of rain of course now when the rain tends disappear as the sun goes north the lhari which normally you'd expect to go around just about the equator breaks through africa and it just jumps up to the gulf of guinea and west africa that's where we're starting to see significant and again if these figures are t

the storm devastated large swathes of mozambique, zimbabwe, and malawi.national development minister warned that the scale of the international response to the disaster was not reaching the level of the crisis. would the minister agreed that the scale and effect of this disaster is devastating and still unfolding with what he said to 200 million people. they need of urgent humanitarian assistance. the right of another secondary emergency from diseases like cholera and malaria. could he tell the house of the apartments long—term plan to help countries recover and also what the government is doing to encourage other countries to match this countries generosity both private and public. can i also pay tribute to the noble baroness's work with the emergency committee, the amount of money raised is phenomenal, 21 million — the generosity of the british people. the uk's contribution is from this is way ahead of any other country, the next nearest is 22 million. united states 10.8, then you have germany at 3.5. therefore, rightly, the secretary of state for natio

the un world food programme says the cyclone has write out a year's worth of crops in mozambique, malawibabwe. i will correspond and is in mozambique. once a classroom of this school has become an open air shelter for over 2000 people. many are getting help, but not all. news spreads of the arrival of a few beds of donated clothes. we need everything. there is no food. we need everything. some have gone back to patch together their lives and their homes. this man lost nearly everything in the storm. the hardest part is finding money to build my house and food to feed my family because the water took it. the storm has passed but the danger hasn't. we on the food in bricks and mortar, people here need emergency health care. as the threat of disease hovers. so far, only a handful of cholera cases have been confirmed. thousands more have been treated for diarrhoea. a tell—tale sign of the waterborne disease. when epidemic threatens. the storm water from cyclone idai may only be starting to recede, but its effects linger on. right, let's check out the latest weather forecast for you now with

news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes slots in malawi and mozambique has killed more than one hundred people but things may get worse for the region as a tropical cyclone is on its way to the battlefield knuckles critics want any other life going north up to introduce someone from the drop in crime to thinking up the microphone the former criminal in my dario a struggling in the music wrapping up a life of eleven that.

six million people are estimated to have been affected by cycling a die which is torn across mozambique malawi and zimbabwe two hundred people are known to have died in mozambique while officials in malawi say at least fifty six people have died there is a bar where the number of dead is put us ninety eight so i can eat i is being described as the worst weather disaster to ever hit the southern hemisphere the news chief rex at negotiator says britain will only be allowed to delay its departure from the e.u. if it increases the chances of the withdrawal deal being ratified by the u.k. parliament the british prime minister is expected to ask the e.u. for an extension of at least three months threes amazed it all still has already been rejected twice by m.p.'s the prime minister may requests such an extension before you bring a cancer unserved do it really before the twenty seven leaders do us this the reason and the usefulness for an extension you really do really need a concrete brown for the u.k. in order to able to be able to make an informed decision and the question will be those an extensi

are confirmed dead many more missing millions of people have been affected across zimbabwe malawi and mozambique. burger in central mozambique. the cyclamen brought ferocious winds and days of torrential rains just a few days ago this river was up above the level of what remains of this road and it swept away the entire bridge that was here and we see some of the few pieces that remain of it and that's left people stranded on both sides mobile communications are down so people can't speak to their relatives they don't know if they've survived the what's happened also means essential goods and humanitarian aid calm passed since the friday. that when they did to go to the god of the so i don't know i think in a region that declares because there is no bridge we know it will go in the bridges broke all of them officials from the district headquarters have come to inspect the damage but realistically there's almost nothing they can do without help from at least the central government or possibly from outside of ms mozambique there's no way that they can fix a big piece of infrastructure like this an

continuing to devastate south africa one week up to psycho need i barreled through the region mozambique zimbabwe in malawi have been hit the hardest more than one point seven million people are affected and have lost their homes spending days without food or water two hundred forty two have died in mozambique alone that number is expected to rise the government says fifteen thousand people many of them ill still need to be rescued in zimbabwe the death toll has jumped to one hundred thirty nine and the rain is continuing roads and bridges have collapsed a humanitarian operations difficult the u.n. says two hundred thousand people in urgent food aid for three months and fifty six people have died in malawi eighty two thousand people are displaced and there now fears of disease there is welcome webb is traveling through one of the worst hit regions he says from during a district in western mozambique close to the border with him bob way. cyclamen die ripped through roads and washed away bridges. so our journey from asking the bearer . began in small boat made of tree bark. then a few kilometers down the roa

disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere millions of people have been affected in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi at least a thousand people may have been killed in mozambique alone aid agencies are calling it the worst humanitarian crisis in the nation's history three days of mourning have also been declared well the storm then hit zimbabwe where tens of thousands of people have been cut off and in malawi the only a million people still need human a tarion aid well we have correspondents across the region in a moment we'll hear the latest from her in zimbabwe we'll also have a report from outcome webb in central mozambique but first as the latest from mozambique's port city of bell. the situation here appears to be becoming increasingly difficult just behind us as you can see power lines are down in this particular street but that is the picture across the city there's also no communication we're using a satellite phone to communicate with people here we don't have that luxury and that's what's adding to a some of the difficulties that people here are facing so far the government has said that s

the eat ice storm system has been battering mozambique in malawi since early march it strengthened into a cyclone before making landfall in mozambique's port city of barrel onon thursday. then moved in lens to o mbabwe bringing heavy rains and landslides. several rivers burst their banks creating an inland ocean.. rescue workers have been trying to reach who have been found stranded on tree tops and roots. hundreds have been killed and four hundred thousand left homeless in mozambique alone six hundred thouousand people affecd possiblyly e even going up to oe poinint seven and more million people affected by cyclone and flooding. of communication completely broken infrastructure severely damaged to clean the city of baby but also older the roads to bear i have been called off. with its long coastline along the indian ocean mozambique is particularly vulnerable to tropical storms and more ththan 60% of ththe population lives in low lying coastal areas or downstream from large rivers. this coupled with the rising sea level a and the growiwing frequy of extreme climamatic e events s puttin

rescue teams struggling to reach survivors after the storm slammed into mozambique zimbabwe and malawi there with you guys . first the e. u.'s donald tusk says that britian we'll be granted a short brexit delay but only if parliament approves prime ministerr theheresa m mays withdrawal agreement. that dale has already been rejected twiwice by and peace in the e. u. says it's not open to renegotiation.

without power after cables were downed at least one hundred twenty six people have been killed in mozambique malawi and south africa as heavy rains hit the region over the past week floods of already claimed thirty lives and left over two hundred thirty thousand people without shelter in southern malawi which borders mozambique. well tens of thousands of schoolchildren and students have walked out of school and college in more than one hundred countries this to protest against climate change and they're calling on governments to step up and do more to tackle the problem here in the u.k. organizers of the demonstrations say fifty thousand took part as and they would now reports. from sydney to hong kong new delhi to nairobi stockholm to berlin and beyond a united voice calling for action on climate change. in london unity may be something lacking inside the british parliament but outside a collective cry for action from schoolchildren and students skipping school to college to make their point we're taking to the streets because we haven't had an income.

weather is slowing the rescue efforts of the storm's already killed around one hundred people in malawi and mozambique tens of thousands there have been forced from their homes and power blackouts have been widespread there were none of them but. i saw a woman being hit by debris it's not safe for people walking here the situation is very chaotic as in the event they see a movie they said it was a majority of houses a ninety five percent that collapsed was precariously built up or materials malcolm webb is in central mozambique. since the cyclamen mozambique's coast where we are green to wrench the reigns in the strong winds rivers of swollen power lines are blown down cycling is a common in the indian ocean at this time of year but few of them hit land and this one has been particularly destructive because it came ashore at mozambique fourth largest city and we're still three hundred kilometers from there we're trying to reach there and it's not easy you can see the kind of damage that the cyclons done even here the whole bridge completely washed away because of this wall of river because the enormou

think that the world yet the scale of the problem especially in mozambique we have a bit less information about zimbabwe in my week in malawi some of the people displaced start to go back home to rebuild their own them the situation looks a bit better there before mozambique it's definitely an impact on quite as this additional funding is necessary for the human family and obviously for the world food program. well with the last fighters of so-called islamic state in syria under siege their future and that of their families is uncertain many of the children have received military training and are traumatized in an oscar nominated documentary called of fathers and sons syrian filmmaker. reveals just how problematic it may be to rehabilitate the children of jihadi fighters. this is that the hardest training camp for children. to be unshockable. to face death without showing any signs of weakness to become hardened minutes and from a young age. some i was sent here by his father who is it to harvest himself. these images were filmed in northern syria not far from the border with turkey. the camp was run by the terrorist group.

the un says millions of people across mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi could be affected by widespreadermath of cyclone idai. rescue agencies are working round—the—clock in mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi, but many aid trucks are stuck on roads that have become impassible. the un says hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people have been affected. five days ago, cyclone idai hit the continent's south—eastern coast, wreaking destruction across a huge area. it first made landfall near the mozambique city of beira, burying some as homes collapsed, leaving many in a desperate situation. my house is broken. and in my house, i don't have nothing to eat — nothing, nothing. from morning up to now, we have nothing to eat. powerful floodwaters swept inland, taking with them houses, roads and people. 600,000 people affected, possibly even going up to 1.7 and more million people affected by cyclone and flooding. communication completely broken, infrastructure severely damaged. we're bringing down helicopters and we've started the food distribution for all the people affected in the flood and

of humidity but i think you'll stay dry where we have season very active weather recently is malawi mozambique and now just off the coast of madagascar this tropical cycle it's strengthening will be out of the water for the next two days but eventually it will make landfall again in southern mozambique. i am a fish every week a new cycle going to series of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the world's jannah least that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel but that is not what that phrase means at all he joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media and focused on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most to embed use a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching i do see a reminder of our top stories this hour china has grounded its entire fleet of boeing seven three seven max planes after an ethiopian airlines jet of the same make crashed on sunday jet went down shortly after takeoff from madison avenue killing all one hundred fifty seven people. o

a slow and rescue efforts the storm's already killed about one hundred other people across malawi and mozambique tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. the other jewish in way is head of communications for africa the international federation of red cross and red crescent and he says the full extent of the damage isn't yet clear the first reports we have brought big city or below in surroundings have taken a serious beating we have the red cross teams in all the locations of the country so even before the landfall we had some teams there are so we do have a few people on the ground so in terms of what we're trying to do is in a situation like this so many homeless so the first thing we're trying to provide is shelter in this is compounded by the fact that even before they land for. the dive thousands of people had already been displaced by the floods you know you have to remember about this landfall of this comes after days of heavy rains which have caused floods not only just mozambique but also in neighboring countries and province now several luxury shops and restaurants have bee

bear many of them are without power more than one hundred twenty people have been killed in mozambique malawi and south africa as the heavy rains hit the region over the past week. aid agencies in bangladesh are preparing for monsoon season which could start as early as next month and last until october it's estimated that up to two hundred thousand rohingya refugees could be at risk seventy deca has this report from the camps of cox's bazaar in southeastern bangladesh which is also one of the wettest areas of the country. john katun son helps her carry sand up to where they now live a small basic hut in the biggest refugee camp in the world we spotted her picking up sand at the bottom of a hill this she tells us is to prepare for the upcoming monsoon season only to go up the concern for us is that the water will come inside the home plus it erodes this soil around the home and it still continuing to erode the children sometime slip and fall so we are paving the place we send almost one million rohingya refugees live here having fled me and marjorie in the government crackdown in august of tw

hundred people have been killed in floods devastating parts of southern africa especially malawi in mozambique hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the storms welcome web reports from the village of makino in malawi. everyone in the village of makino sheltering in this hospital hospital. they wanted to show us what happened to their homes. after four days of heavy rain last week swathes of southern malawi were flooded dozens of people have been killed. thousands of homes were destroyed. this is all that remains of an does he own a car carnies by the name of and i wonder about or the rain started when we were sleeping when we woke up we found the water level was rising fast so we walked to higher ground and waited there until people came in both and rescued as. the water levels lower now more storms are forecast in the coming days the people here can't afford to wait and see if it'll happen again some people have already started rebuilding their homes and you can see they made almost entirely out of natural materials these sticks are stuck into the ground between them read lik

saying the end of the rainy season still to come and there is more rainfall cost for central mozambique and malawi this is the next two days this is over areas already covered with extensive flooding otherwise this is a must draw a picture. of. a three year investigation into the pro-gun lobby. and by three million dollars on the web site. reveal secrets and connections some don't want exposed. as a. gift there will. al-jazeera investigations how to sell a massacre coming soon only rifles are so many guns sometimes even. new zealand begins bearing the victims of two mosque attacks in christchurch that killed fifty people. and welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. of the southern african countries back. at the death toll continues to rise. amnesty international accuses the u.s. of killing civilians in somalia but the american military denies the allegations. we are in heaven. and taking time to smell the flowers the unusual phenomena in california that's drawing tens of thousands of visitors. the first funerals for the victims of new zealand's mosque attacks have tak

international aid starts flowing into mozambique zimbabwe and malawi is communities trying to dig themselves out of the devastation. the u.s. is under pressure over allegations civilians are being killed in its airstrikes on somalia. and in sport use in rocket stunt man james harden makes n.b.a. history he's become the first player in the week to score thirty five points against all twenty nine opponents in a single season. and we begin this news hour in new zealand where the first funerals are being held for the victims of last week's mosque attacks a father and son who fled the war in syria were laid to rest in christ church where fifty people were shot dead adjoining friday prayers thirty bodies have now been released to families police hope to return more by the end of whedon's to reports. it's five days since worship his was shot dead in two christchurch mosques and the bodies of the victims are being released for burial here a father and his son khaled moustapha and his teenage son hamza were refugees from syria they and their family arrived in new zealand last year among the mourners

also ahead a sideline brings devastation to zimbabwe mozambique and malawi dozens of people are dead or missing. and rioters fought with police and set fire to businesses as the violence flares up again in powers. new zealand's prime minister has been meeting and attempting to comfort victims of friday's must shootings and attacks she's described as terrorism just seen here in black laid flowers with members of the muslim community in the capital wellington it was the worst mass killing in new zealand's peacetime history and the country's threat level remains high. but earlier police confirm the number of people killed had risen to fifty another victim was found during the removal of bodies from the crime scenes detectives also now say twenty eight year old suspect brenton tarrant acted alone as they no longer believe the three other people arrested or involved in a stranger man's been charged with murder accused of storming the mosques on friday and posting video of his attack online well up to fifty people injured twelve are still in a critical condition christchurch hospital's chi

national disasters have been declared in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi after a cycle slammed into southernafrica on thursday mozambique's president says the scale of the disaster is now becoming apparent yesterday's at least a thousand people have been killed the cycle and then hit zimbabwe where ninety eight people on known to have died that. flooding has cut off tens of thousands of people well we have correspondents across the region in a moment we'll go to her.

tarantula rain swept away homes and bridges and damaged power lives cyclons travelled from malawi across mozambique and into zimbabwe will the figure from berra is based on a report by the red cross and red crescent societies which sent a team to assess the damage issued way is the africa region communications manager for the organization and says wide scale damage has hampered rescue and relief efforts. we are continuously receiving reports in images and footage from beira from the affected areas and what we can say now is that the scale of destruction is massive we have been informed that about ninety percent of the area has been completely destroyed most of the roads have been destroyed and about two years ago one of the dance in the outskirts of bayer a bust and it cut off all access to this fifty dollars in the last x. is available in prior to that airport had closed in that no flights were approved so you can see that you know accessing to people who needed help has been a challenge so we have tried to prioritize and there are system inside our own going by the us we have been some assessment

not treated the hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes in the psychs know that hits mozambique malawi and zimbabwe one of the west affected areas in the city is bera which is on the indian ocean. in many settlements such as here in beirut the flooding hasn't completely receded and many people are waiting for help nothing's been done for us there's no aid even though i live here alone with my children. every extra day in the mud increases the risk of severe diarrhea or even of cholera outbreaks in rural districts the situation is even worse large areas of land are still under water we visit a small clinic in the village of one go or what the storm left of it there is only one doctor who treats one hundred fifty patients a day testing them for malaria another looming danger he would be powerless against a cholera outbreak. yes the numbers are increasing we can't do much we hand out chlorine tablets to disinfect the drinking water and we tell people to wash for it before eating it and especially to wash their hands if. anyone with diarrhea is being treated as though they had cholera the

killed more than seven hundred people in mozambique malawi and zimbabwe when it struck two and a half weeks ago hundreds of thousands were left homeless authorities are warning of the danger of water borne diseases as they report a jump in the number of people ill with cholera. areas previously under water now large muddy swamps the receding floodwaters in mozambique ha but the bodies of many of the missing the threat of disease here is very real. is morry over a spike in the number of color cases in the city of beirut kolarov causes acute diarrhea and can kill within hours if not treated nearly a million vaccines are jew to arrive in the country soon. government tonight workers are wrapping day or if it's to treat those in need teams from around the world are arriving with food clean water and medicine. to go into a very critical phase now which is assistance this is this will be done in three in five years which is foods health water sunny day ssion and also shelter. we also want to make sure that communities without people will in conditions we store their livelihoods so we will be

cyclone idai struck the coast of east africa four days ago, swamping mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi.nited nations says the world has yet to realise the full scale of the massive disaster. the storm made landfall on the coast of mozambique, bringing 100 mile—per—hour winds and floodwaters that were swept inland. no—one knows how many people may have died. the red cross says urgent aid is needed. in a moment, shingai nyoka reports from zimbabwe but first our africa editor fergal keane is in the port city of beira in mozambique, which has been flattened. whatever once lay here has been overwhelmed. now the flooded land is an expanse of questions. what has become of those who lived here? only a silence below. and very occasional moments of reprieve. these survivors landing at beira airport, rescued from high ground near their submerged village. driving into the city, we saw how nature's full, awesome force had ripped through homes and lives. 90% of the city has suffered destruction. and you see it in the ruins, and in faces. because we were foreign, because we came from a richer world, t

but for now thank you for the devastation caused by cycling die to be told through zimbabwe malawi in mozambique five days ago is becoming clearer in mozambique alone eighty four people have been confirmed dead though the government fears the death toll will rise to more than a thousand according to the red cross he died damaged or destroyed ninety percent of buildings in mozambique support city of by ira meanwhile in neighboring zimbabwe around three hundred people dead or missing. survivors dig graves for the victims of psycho need i. say is the worst hit district in zimbabwe. scores are dead and still many more are missing. my mother my father my two younger sisters including the one who had brought us food earlier and the one with the child. my house was destroyed in the floods and i was buried underneath my daughter who was in bed with me was washed away from me a big a flood carried my father away. there. has wreaked havoc on zimbabwe's infrastructure making it hard to assess the extent of the devastation. the human cost. i'm going to see my family i don't know how they're doing because th

roads were swept away in the storm's already killed about one hundred other people across malawi and mozambique tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. you know if their but. i saw a woman being hit by debris it's not safe for people walking here the situation is very chaotic was innovate they see the movie they said it was a majority of houses a ninety five percent that collapsed was precarious lee built her poor materials a reporter malcolm webb is in but in mozambique. since the cyclamen mozambique's coast where we are going to wrench rains and strong winds rivers are swollen power lines are blown down cyclons are common in the indian ocean at this time of year but few of them hit land and this one has been particularly destructive because it came ashore mozambique's fourth largest city they are and we're still three hundred kilometers from there we're trying to reach there and it's not easy you can see the kind of damage cyclons done even here a whole bridge completely washed away because of this wall of a river because the enormous amount of rainfall just within the last day o