The Category 4 hurricane made landfall around 4 p.m. local time on April 25, according to the U.K. national weather office.

The outbreak is compounding what the U.N. Secretary-General has described as one of the worst weather-related disasters in African history.

More than 100,000 houses were partially or completely destroyed, according to the United Nations.

The government asked for international assistance a week after Cyclone Idai struck the southern African nation.