Reports

WITH wind speeds reaching 124 miles per hour (200 km/hour), Cyclone Idai has caused widespread devastation across a large swathe of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Local media reports suggest that 1,000 people have lost their lives…

ABU DHABI, 19th March, 2019 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, has announced that the UAE will provide AED18.3 million in emergency aid to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, following the devastation incurred by Cyclone Idai…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has joined the response to deadly Cyclone Idai, which has taken hundreds of lives across Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. Conditions are challenging everywhere, after the cyclone made landfall on March 15;…

Over 11,000 children and families in FH’s programs affected in the regions hit by “one of the worst” disasters in the Southern Hemisphere BEIRA, Mozambique (March 19, 2019) – More than 1.5 million people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and…

HIGHLIGHTS The Government has declared a national emergency and three days of national mourning starting on 20 March. The official death toll from Cyclone Idai’s landfall has reportedly risen to at least 202 and is expected to increase…

New York, 19 March 2019: UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today allocated US$20 million from the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to ramp up the humanitarian response to Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe…

ADRA has deployed emergency response personnel in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe in response to Cyclone Idai. As swiftly as it came, Cyclone Idai barreled through Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe over the weekend, leaving thousands of people displaced.…

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall on the evening of 14 March, on Beira city (Sofala province) in central Mozambique. Reports estimate that 600,000 people in Sofala, Zambezia, Tete, Niassa, Manica and Inhambane provinces have been affected and…

Five days after the storm made landfall in Mozambique, causing widespread damage and flooding, at least 1,000 people are feared dead there alone. Victims are reportedly trapped on roofs and clinging to trees awaiting rescue, UN agencies…