Watch: Cyclone Idai survivors arrive by rescue boat in Beira, Mozambique

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Watch: Cyclone Idai survivors arrive by rescue boat in Beira, Mozambique

8:08 CAT | 22 Mar 2019

Survivors arrived by boat in the port city of Beira in Mozambique on Thursday (March 21), one week after a devastating cyclone.

The Mozambique Red Cross provided first aid, medical triage, emergency supplies and registration help to evacuees.

Cyclone Idai battered Beira, a low-lying city of 500,000 residents, with strong winds and torrential rains last week before moving inland to neighbouring Zimbabwe and Malawi.

In Mozambique, 242 were killed in the storm and resulting floods, according to the official death toll, although the count is expected to rise.

In Malawi, around 56 were killed, while Zimbabwe recorded 142 deaths.

Around 15,000 people were still missing in Mozambique, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said late on Thursday. The government is expected to give a briefing on Friday (March 22) morning to update the number of people missing and dead.