Tropical Cyclone Idai An aerial photo shows a damaged factory following the devastating Tropical Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, Saturday, March 23, 2019. A second week has begun with efforts to find and help some tens of thousands of people in devastated parts of southern Africa, with some hundreds dead and an unknown number of people still missing. (AP Photo)

A cyclone that tore across southern Africa this month may have destroyed more than $1 billion of infrastructure, the United Nations (U.N.) said, as the death toll from the storm climbed to more than 700.

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