were still clinging onto trees or roofs, waiting for rescue teams almost a week after the storm first struck. Roads around Mozambique’s port city of Beira were swamped and it was raining heavily, complicating rescue efforts and meaning aid had to be flown in by helicopter or plane.
The worst-hit areas were close to the Buzi river west of Beira, said Caroline Haga, an official with the International Federation of Red Cross. Two rivers, including the Buzi, burst their banks after the storm dumped rain on Zimbabwe and Malawiat the weekend, sending torrents of water into Mozambique and creating a “second emergency”.
On Tuesday, rescuers saved 167 people around Beira with the help of South African Air Force helicopters. Malawi has not released details of casualties from the storm, which weakened as it moved further inland. More than 50people died in floods the week before the cyclone hit. Aid groups have struggled to reach survivors trapped in more remote areas of Mozambique where some villages are submerged.
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