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.
After devastating Mozambique's port city of Beira, Tropical Cyclone Idai damaged roads, bridges and dams as it moved toward eastern Zimbabwe. More than 100,000 houses were partially or completely destroyed, according to the U.N. It also ruined more than 500,000 hectares of crops, just as farmers in the region were preparing to harvest their corn after a drought.
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