Cyclone may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique, President says
|(CNN)Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 people in Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said in an address on national radio Monday.
“Officially, we have a record of more than 84 dead but everything indicates that we can have a record of more than 1,000 dead,” Nyusi said, adding that “100,000 people are in danger.”
Nyusi was speaking after taking a flight over affected areas to view the destruction and rescue efforts.