Cyclone Idai

I believe it was last week on Friday when cyclone Idai struck in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi (Malawi was the first country to be affected). From recent reports that I've seen, the death toll has risen up to 215 in some places. More than 1.5 million people have been affected and hundreds of people are missing across the three Southern African countries. At least 126 people were killed in Mozambique and Malawi and on Monday, Zimbabwe announced that the information ministry put the number of dead up to 89 for the country. Majority of the damage happened in the central port city of Beira, 90% of it has been destroyed reports say. Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi said that he feared the death toll could rise up to 1,000 in the country. In Zimbabwe, the cyclone had destroyed the eastern and southern parts, which created a humanitarian crisis and more than 83,000 people have been displaced in Malawi by the flash floods.

While figuring out what to do for my blog post, this was actually my first time hearing about this and I'm kind of surprised that I didn't hear about until now. Natural disasters always scare me because it can happen at any time and it can affect anyone. In these different countries, there are millions of people that have affected by this cyclone and there are many people who have died or are lost. It's pretty scary to read about this and not knowing what's going to happen or how to help.