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Mozambique: 'It's an atrocious situation. No roads, no access, the ground is still wet'

Cyclone Idai's heavy winds and rains have killed at least 750 people in Mozambique and neighboring Malawi and Zimbabwe. Villages have been swept away, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless, and survivors are wading in water or taking refuge in trees. David Beasley, the World Food Programme's executive director, describes the devastation he has encountered in the area.

聽"It's an atrocious situation. No roads, no access, the ground is still wet."

Photo: People stranded by the floods in Mozambique, March 2019 Credit: Reuters

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