(Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)BEIRA, Mozambique — The Latest on the efforts to recover from Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi (all times local):6:50 p.m.U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, the commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, is in Mozambique to get a first-hand look at the devastation Cyclone Idai caused throughout the region earlier this month. The Portuguese news agency Lusa cites Mozambican authorities as saying the death toll from Cyclone Idai has risen to 468. The widespread flooding caused by Cyclone Idai has left large bodies of standing water where malaria-carrying mosquitoes can breed. Cyclone Idai hit Beira, Mozambique on 14 March, and continued across the plains of central Mozambique and devastated eastern Zimbabwe with heavy rains and strong winds. The United States says it has donated nearly $3.4 million in emergency food assistance to the U.N.’s World Food Program.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2019 10:48 UTC