1,000 Dead As Widespread Flooding Left Whole Villages Submerged

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Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 people in Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said in an address on national radio Monday.
It is thought to have been the most destructive storm to have hit the southeast African nation in more than 10 years. 
The widespread flooding has left whole villages submerged and bodies were floating in the water, as some areas were completely cut off by road. 
Mozambique's president Filipe Nyusi said the official number of dead was 84 but added 'it appears that we can register more than 1,000 deaths'.
Nyusi was speaking after taking a flight over affected areas to view the destruction and rescue efforts.
    He called the situation a "real humanitarian disaster of large proportions."
    "Waters from the rivers Pungue and Buzi have broken their banks, wiping out entire villages, isolating communities and we could see, as we flew above, bodies floating," the President said.
    Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira around midnight Thursday and moved through neighboring Zimbabwe and parts of Malawi.
    Initial assessments in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique suggested that more than 150 people have been killed in those three countries, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Monday. But the humanitarian organization warned that the death toll could rise sharply.
    The cyclone has caused "massive and horrifying" damage in Beira -- a coastal city in central Mozambique which has been cut off from the rest of the country -- the IFRC said in a statement.

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