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Tag: World Food Programme (WFP)

200,000 Zimbabweans Affected by Floods+Cyclone

[Delhi,Geneva]200,000 Zimbabweans Affected by Floods+Cyclone
The number of people in Zimbabwe affected by a devastating cyclone and flooding has jumped to 200,000
The initial estimate of those hit in Zimbabwe was 15,000 but World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Herve Verhoosel told reporters in Geneva that the numbers had surged following an overnight assessment.
Five days after tropical cyclone Idai cut a swathe through Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, the full extent of the devastation is not yet clear.
In hardest-hit Mozambique, an estimated 400,000 people have been displaced, according to the UN.