These Photos Show the Unbelievable Destruction Wrought by Cyclone Idai
A cyclone of incredible power slammed into the southern African nations of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi last week. At least 1.7 million people lay directly in the storm's path in Mozambique, according to the BBC, and 920,000 more have been affected in Malawi. Mozambique's president, Filipe Nyusi, has already called Cyclone Idai "a humanitarian disaster of great proportion" and suggested more than 1,000 people may have been killed in his country. "This is shaping up to be one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere," Clare Nullis, of the UN's weather agency, told the BBC, "if the report by [Mozambique's] president and other agencies are confirmed, in terms of the causality toll."
A man stands next to the wreckage a vehicles washed away on March 18, 2019 in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
Cylone survivors leave the Ngangu township with their belongings to Chimanimani Hotel where hundreds are sheltered on March 18, 2019 in Ngangu township Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
A man searches for missing family members with his dog on March 18, 2019 in Ngangu township, Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
Timber company workers stand stranded on a damaged road on March 18, 2019, at Charter Estate, Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
Members of the public and military personnel search for survivors and bodies in Ngangu township Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, on March 18 2019, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
Residents and shopkeeper are seen amid the destruction provoked by the passage of the cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 17, 2019.
Residents are seen protecting themselves by the rain in the aftermath of the passage of the cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 17, 2019.
A picture taken in Beira on March 19, 2019 shows a trunk of a fallen tree and scattered belongings at the side of a destroyed house. - More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique last week.
A destroyed car is seen amid the destruction provoked by the passage of the cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 17, 2019.
School students of St. Charles Luanga walk past a mudslide, on March 17, 2019, covering a major road at Skyline junction in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province.
School students of St. Charles Luanga, rescued by members of the Zimbabwe Military, walk past a mudslide on March 17, 2019, covering a major road at Skyline junction in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province.
School students of St. Charles Luanga, rescued by members of the Zimbabwe Military, walk past a mudslide on March 17, 2019, covering a major road at Skyline junction in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province.
Men carry a coffin on along a makeshift path on the river in Ngangu township Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai
Rescue team are seen on the tarmac of the airport in Beira on March 19, 2019.
Jane Chitsuro, 42, a cyclone survivor, sits on a hospital bed at Chimanimani Rural district hospital, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, on March 18 2019, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
A man sinks in the sand as he salvage some of his property in debris of March 18, 2019 in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
A cyclone survivor sits outside Chimanimani Rural District Hospital, eastern Zimbabwe, on March 18, 2019, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
A rescued man is seen carried on a stretcher bed by friends on March 18, 2019, in Ngangu township, Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
Women arrive with the coffin of a family member in the back of a tractor in Ngangu township Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, on March 18 2019, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
A girl who survived the cyclone sits on a hospital bed with food and drink at Chimanimani Rural district hospital, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, on March 18 2019, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.
A displaced family from Beira pose for a photograh as they take shelter in a structure on March 19, 2019.
A picture taken on March 18, 2019, shows a man taking pictures of a large crack in the ground as a Zimbabwean soldier helps guide pedestrians across a bridge on the Risitu River during search and rescue operations in the wake of devastating floods and mudslides caused when Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province.
A picture taken on March 18, 2019, shows villagers forming a queue to receive food handouts during search and rescue operations in the wake of devastating floods and mudslides caused when Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province
A picture taken on March 18, 2019, shows villagers forming a queue to receive food handouts during search and rescue operations in the wake of devastating floods and mudslides caused when Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province
A picture taken on March 18, 2019, shows a man carrying a suitcase and groceries on his head as he tries to navigate a path through the bush as roads are blocked off by mudslides during search and rescue operations in the wake of devastating floods and mudslides caused when Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province.
These Photos Show the Unbelievable Destruction Wrought by Cyclone Idai
A cyclone of incredible power slammed into the southern African nations of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi last week. At least 1.7 million people lay directly in the storm's path in Mozambique, according to the BBC, and 920,000 more have been affected in Malawi. Mozambique's president, Filipe Nyusi, has already called Cyclone Idai "a humanitarian disaster of great proportion" and suggested more than 1,000 people may have been killed in his country. "This is shaping up to be one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere," Clare Nullis, of the UN's weather agency, told the BBC, "if the report by [Mozambique's] president and other agencies are confirmed, in terms of the causality toll."
"This is shaping up to be one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere."