Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique faces a "second disaster" from cholera and other diseases, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, while relief operations pressed into rural areas where an unknown number of people remain without aid more than 10 days after the storm. The death toll remained at least 761 in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, and authorities have warned it is "very preliminary." The World Health Organization said it is expecting a "spike" in malaria cases in Mozambique. "We must not let these people suffer a second disaster through a serious disease outbreak or inability to access essential health services. The United States said it had donated nearly $3.4 million in emergency food assistance to the World Food Program, whose director was touring Beira on Tuesday.

Source: ABC News March 26, 2019 18:45 UTC