Cyclone Idai: 4 die in Bikita, 220 homeless

FOUR people were killed and 220 others left homeless in Bikita after Cyclone Idai spread to Masvingo province at the weekend, district development co-ordinator Bernard Hadzirambwi told journalists on Tuesday after a meeting with Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira.

Parts of Masvingo province, including Bikita, Zaka, Gutu and Masvingo district, were in the path of the destructive storm that was accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds that demolished houses, bridges, roads as well as power and communication
lines.

Hadzirambwi, who is chairperson of the district department of civil protection, said the Tuesday figures show that at least 2 106 houses collapsed, adding that they were still compiling statistics because some areas were inaccessible, while information from nine wards was yet to reach his office.

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