JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on Cyclone Idai and the flooding damage to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi (all times local): 7:10 p.m. United Nations deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says the U.N. will ask the international community for money to help victims of Cyclone Idai but “at this stage what we want to do is underscore the sheer level of this crisis.” He told reporters that “this may be one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory.” The cyclone roared ashore overnight into Friday and flood waters are still rising amid torrential rains. Haq says the scale of devastation in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi is not yet known but the amount of money requested “will be large.” ___ 5:35 p.m. Zimbabwe’s president says that “we do not want to hear that anyone has died of hunger” as aid is rushed to remote areas hit hard by a tropical cyclone. President Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke during a visit to eastern Zimbabwe as the country’s death toll rose above 100 and burials continued. The president of neighboring Mozambique has said more than 200 people are confirmed dead there after the cyclone roared in over the weekend. Zimbabwe’s military is… Read full this story
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