JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds are dead, many more are missing and thousands are at risk from massive flooding in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi caused by Cyclone Idai and persistent rains. Aid agencies and government officials were scrambling on Tuesday to rescue families trapped by rivers that burst their banks and were still rising. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has said the death toll could reach as high as 1,000. In Zimbabwe the death toll has risen to 98, the government said. Rivers have burst their banks, leaving many houses submerged and around 11,000 households displaced in the southern district of Nsanje.

Source: Huffington Post March 19, 2019 10:30 UTC