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Photos: Aftermath of Cyclone Idai destruction in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Ten days after Cyclone Idai entered Mozambique’s coast and then entered eastern Zimbabwe, the death toll across the two nations has climbed to 705 in one of the most destructive natural disasters in the region's recent history. Mozambique's Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said the cyclone had affected 5,31,000 people in his country, with 1,10,000 people in makeshift camps. Amid deaths the survivors have become susceptible to water-borne diseases like cholera. Helicopters and boats have been rescuing the stranded people.

Updated on: Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM IST

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Residents stand on rooftops in a flooded area of Buzi, central Mozambique after the passage of cyclone Idai. The cyclone smashed into Mozambique’s coast unleashing hurricane-force wind and rain that flooded swathes of the country before battering eastern Zimbabwe -- killing 705 people across the two nations. (Adrien Barbier / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

Residents stand on rooftops in a flooded area of Buzi, central Mozambique after the passage of cyclone Idai. The cyclone smashed into Mozambique’s coast unleashing hurricane-force wind and rain that flooded swathes of the country before battering eastern Zimbabwe -- killing 705 people across the two nations. (Adrien Barbier / AFP)

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A palm tree stands between rubble on the beach in the Praia Move area in Beira, Mozambique. Amid rescue efforts, survivors are mourning loved ones, praying to God and battling the outbreak of diseases.They are struggling in desperate conditions with some still trapped on rooftops and those rescued in urgent need of food and medical supplies. (Wikus De Wet / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

A palm tree stands between rubble on the beach in the Praia Move area in Beira, Mozambique. Amid rescue efforts, survivors are mourning loved ones, praying to God and battling the outbreak of diseases.They are struggling in desperate conditions with some still trapped on rooftops and those rescued in urgent need of food and medical supplies. (Wikus De Wet / AFP)

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A man passes through a section of the road damaged by Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda, about 50 kilometres from Beira. As flood waters began to recede in parts of Mozambique on Friday, fears rose that the death toll could soar as bodies are revealed. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

A man passes through a section of the road damaged by Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda, about 50 kilometres from Beira. As flood waters began to recede in parts of Mozambique on Friday, fears rose that the death toll could soar as bodies are revealed. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP)

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People collect metal sheets from a damaged supermarket to re-build their destroyed houses in Beira. More than two million people have been affected in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi where the storm started as a tropical depression causing flooding which caused casualties and displaced nearly a million people. Hundreds are still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

People collect metal sheets from a damaged supermarket to re-build their destroyed houses in Beira. More than two million people have been affected in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi where the storm started as a tropical depression causing flooding which caused casualties and displaced nearly a million people. Hundreds are still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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Maria Armando, 30, and her son Fernando Emmanuel, 5, wake up as they stay in shelter at the stands of Ring ground in Buzi, Mozambique. Aid workers from across the world are continuing to arrive in the region to bring help to hundreds of thousands of affected people across an area of roughly 3,000 square kilometres. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

Maria Armando, 30, and her son Fernando Emmanuel, 5, wake up as they stay in shelter at the stands of Ring ground in Buzi, Mozambique. Aid workers from across the world are continuing to arrive in the region to bring help to hundreds of thousands of affected people across an area of roughly 3,000 square kilometres. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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Survivors arrive to an evacuation centre in Beira. Mozambique’s Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said the cyclone had affected 5,31,000 people in his country, with 1,10,000 people in makeshift camps. Thousands of families swept apart by the storm are now seeking to reunite. (Denis Onyodi / Red Cross / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

Survivors arrive to an evacuation centre in Beira. Mozambique’s Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said the cyclone had affected 5,31,000 people in his country, with 1,10,000 people in makeshift camps. Thousands of families swept apart by the storm are now seeking to reunite. (Denis Onyodi / Red Cross / REUTERS)

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A World Food Programme (WFP) helicopter takes off in Beira. Mozambique. Helicopters and boats have been rescuing some people stranded for days on rooftops and trees. Some survivors have been digging through rubble with their bare hands to search for loved ones, while government and aid agencies have been flying in help. (Themba Hadebe / AP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

A World Food Programme (WFP) helicopter takes off in Beira. Mozambique. Helicopters and boats have been rescuing some people stranded for days on rooftops and trees. Some survivors have been digging through rubble with their bare hands to search for loved ones, while government and aid agencies have been flying in help. (Themba Hadebe / AP)

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A woman with a baby on her back arrives to receive food parcel from an aid organisation near Dondo village outside Beira. In its daily update, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 74,600 women impacted by the cyclone are pregnant and around 60 percent of them are due to give birth within the next six months. At least 7,460 of them are at risk of life threatening complications. (Siphiwe Sibeko / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

A woman with a baby on her back arrives to receive food parcel from an aid organisation near Dondo village outside Beira. In its daily update, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 74,600 women impacted by the cyclone are pregnant and around 60 percent of them are due to give birth within the next six months. At least 7,460 of them are at risk of life threatening complications. (Siphiwe Sibeko / REUTERS)

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People from the isolated district of Buzi take shelter in the Samora M. Machel secondary school used as an evacuation centre in Beira. As many as 109,000 people are living in shelters across central Mozambique, many of them located in and around Beira. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

People from the isolated district of Buzi take shelter in the Samora M. Machel secondary school used as an evacuation centre in Beira. As many as 109,000 people are living in shelters across central Mozambique, many of them located in and around Beira. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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Relatives console family members as they walk past the coffin of Sumba Mufusho, who died after surviving for two days sheltering in a tree in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, in Beira. (Siphiwe Sibeko / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

Relatives console family members as they walk past the coffin of Sumba Mufusho, who died after surviving for two days sheltering in a tree in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, in Beira. (Siphiwe Sibeko / REUTERS)

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John Manake, a parent and volunteer, helps children to cross a temporary foot bridge, in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, as they make their way to Pagomo primary school in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. (Philimon Bulawayo / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

John Manake, a parent and volunteer, helps children to cross a temporary foot bridge, in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, as they make their way to Pagomo primary school in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. (Philimon Bulawayo / REUTERS)

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Josephine Mutambabishi, 52, a patient on anti-retroviral drugs poses for a photograph the Methodist Church, Chimanimani where some of the displaced people are sheltered. "A friend whom for years we have been both taking ARVs helped me out for a few days after my drugs where drowned during Cyclone Idai,” she said. (Zinyange Auntony / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

Josephine Mutambabishi, 52, a patient on anti-retroviral drugs poses for a photograph the Methodist Church, Chimanimani where some of the displaced people are sheltered. "A friend whom for years we have been both taking ARVs helped me out for a few days after my drugs where drowned during Cyclone Idai,” she said. (Zinyange Auntony / AFP)

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Priests pray during the service at the Ponta Gea Roman Catholic Cathedral in Beira, Mozambique. The church, that sustained minor damages, has no electricity. So they had to use one battery powered light to give light in the church. “The people don’t know what to do because they lost their houses, they have no food, they don’t know where to sleep -- this brings sadness and anxiety,” said Father Pedro. (Wikus De Wet / AFP)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 3:48 PM

Priests pray during the service at the Ponta Gea Roman Catholic Cathedral in Beira, Mozambique. The church, that sustained minor damages, has no electricity. So they had to use one battery powered light to give light in the church. “The people don’t know what to do because they lost their houses, they have no food, they don’t know where to sleep -- this brings sadness and anxiety,” said Father Pedro. (Wikus De Wet / AFP)

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