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Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai (/ ɪ ˈ d aɪ, ˈ iː d aɪ /) was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. [4] The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage, and a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, leaving more than 1,500 people dead and many more missing.
The cyclone killed 1,302 people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, making it the second-deadliest tropical cyclone on record in the Southern Hemisphere, only behind the 1973 Flores cyclone in Indonesia. Idai caused widespread and disruptive flooding, with monetary damage estimated at US$2.2 billion.
Guterres described Idai, which flattened homes and caused massive flooding after slamming into Mozambique near the port of Beira on March 14, as "an uncommonly fierce and prolonged storm". In ...
It ended with an annular eye and Idai again reaching the intense tropical cyclone threshold. [169] Idai attained its peak intensity on 13 March, with 10-minute winds of 195 km/h (120 mph) and atmospheric pressure of 940 hPa (27.76 inHg). [33] Idai made landfall at a coastline 40 km (25 mi) north of Beira, Mozambique on the next day. [170]
CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa (all times local):
Cyclone Idai left death, destruction, and a sprawling inland sea in its wake. The powerful tropical cyclone -- which struck Mozambique last Thursday as the equivalent of a Category 2 or 3 ...
After Cyclone Idai hit, CRS and local church partners provided emergency shelter in the hardest-hit areas, as well as distributed emergency items like hygiene kits and clean water. [22] [23] Cyclone Kenneth hit less than a month later, flattening entire villages and leaving more than 150,000 people in Mozambique alone homeless. The second ...
"This is shaping up to be one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere." From Esquire These Photos Show the Unbelievable Destruction Wrought by Cyclone Idai