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In this photo supplied by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre survivors of Cyclone Idai arrive by rescue boat in Beira, Mozambique, Thursday, March 21, 2019. The confirmed death toll in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi surpassed 500, with hundreds more feared dead in towns and villages that were completely submerged. (Photo -Denis Onyodi - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre via AP)

Cyclone Idai deaths could exceed 1,000 as need for aid grows

By Cara Anna and Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

A young girl is helped from a boat after being evacuated from flood waters following cyclone force winds and heavy rain near the coastal city of Beira, Mozambique, Wednesday March 20, 2019. Torrential rains were expected to continue into Thursday and floodwaters were still rising, according to aid groups trying to get food, water and clothing to desperate survivors. It will be days before Mozambique's inundated plains drain toward the Indian Ocean and even longer before the full scale of the devastation is known. (Josh Estey/CARE via AP)

The Latest: Cyclone Idai death toll rises to over 550

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Flood waters dominate the landscape following cyclone force winds and heavy rain near the coastal city of Beira, Mozambique, Wednesday March 20, 2019. Torrential rains were expected to continue into Thursday and floodwaters were still rising, according to aid groups trying to get food, water and clothing to desperate survivors. It will be days before Mozambique's inundated plains drain toward the Indian Ocean and even longer before the full scale of the devastation is known. (Josh Estey/CARE via AP)

Floods, destruction from cyclone continue in Mozambique

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Soldiers and paramedics carry injured survivors from a helicopter in Chimanimani about 600 kilometres south east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday March, 19, 2019. According to the government, Cyclone Idai has killed more than 100 people in Chipinge and Chimanimani and according to residents the figures could be higher because the hardest hit areas are still inaccessible. Some hundreds are dead, many more are missing, and some thousands at risk from the massive flooding throughout the region of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe caused by Cyclone Idai.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

‘There is death all over’: Cyclone Idai toll rises above 300

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Soldiers and paramedics carry injured survivors from a helicopter in Chimanimani about 600 kilometres south east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday March, 19, 2019. According to the government, Cyclone Idai has killed more than 100 people in Chipinge and Chimanimani and according to residents the figures could be higher because the hardest hit areas are still inaccessible. Some hundreds are dead, many more are missing, and some thousands at risk from the massive flooding throughout the region of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe caused by Cyclone Idai.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: UN will press global community for cyclone aid

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A family dig for their son who got buried in the mud when Cyclone Idai struck in Chimanimani about 600 kilometres south east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, March, 19, 2019. According to the government, Cyclone Idai has killed more than 100 people in Chipinge and Chimanimani and according to residents the figures could be higher because the hardest hit areas are still inaccessible. Some hundreds are dead, many more are missing, and some thousands at risk from the massive flooding in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe caused by Cyclone Idai.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

AP Explains: Why southern African cyclone is so shattering

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A man stands on the edge of a collapsed bridge in Chimanimani, about 600 kilometers southeast of Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: UN allocates $20 million to aid cyclone victims

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This image made available by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Monday March 18, 2019, shows an aerial view from a helicopter of flooding in Beira, Mozambique. The Red Cross says that as much as 90 percent of Mozambique's central port city of Beira has been damaged or destroyed by tropical Cyclone Idai. (Caroline Haga/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) via AP)

More than 1,000 feared dead after cyclone slams into Mozambique

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, killing 150

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Mozambique braces for cyclone’s landfall, thousands at risk

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Opaque insurgency grinds on in gas-rich Mozambican region

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, in court in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019. Chang appeared in court following a U.S. extradition request in connection with an alleged dollar 2 billion fraud scheme. (AP Photo/Phill Magakoe)

Wanted by US, former Mozambican official appears in SA court

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

5 charged in maritime projects scheme in Mozambique

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Soldiers carry the coffin of Mozambique's opposition leader, Alfonso Dhlakama during his state funeral in Beira about 700 kilometres south of the capital Maputo, Wednesday, May, 9, 2018. Dhlakama, who led a rebel group during the devastating civil war that ended in 1992 died on May 3. He was 65. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Thousands mourn Mozambique rebel leader as talks to press on

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

In this undated photo supplied by Gorongosa Restoration Project a Mount Gorongosa chameleon is photographed at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. The chameleon species, one of the smallest in Africa, is found only on the park's mountain, which has recently become a no-go zone for many civilians because of conflict between the government led by the ruling Frelimo party and the Renamo opposition group. (Photo-Piotr Naskrecki-Gorongosa Restoration Project via AP)

Recovering from war, Mozambican park again faces conflict

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

A Malaysian writes well wishes on a wall of hope during a remembrance event for the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Kuala Lumpur. (Associated Press)

Missing Malaysian plane MH370 likely source of debris in Mozambique, officials say

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Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, March 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

U.S. man says would be ‘lucky’ if part he found is from MH370

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2016, image provided by Blaine Gibson and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), a piece of aircraft debris with the words "NO STEP" is photographed after it was found washed up on a beach in Mozambique. Debris that washed up in Mozambique has been tentatively identified as a part from the same type of aircraft as the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a U.S. official said. (Blaine Gibson/ATSB via AP)

Malaysia Flight 370: Man finds possible plane debris in Mozambique

By Tom Bowker and Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

Many Zimbabweans turn their cars into makeshift secondhand clothing stores to beat unemployment, but reliance on Western providers leaves African industries struggling with slowed development. (Associated Press)

Clothing donations undercut entrepreneurs in world’s poorest economies

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis: Spare no effort in defending life, family

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