New York, March 21 -- Cyclone Idai is one of the worst disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory, according to the United Nations.
The UN also confirmed that at least 360 people have lost their lives due to the calamity.
"What we want to do is underscore the sheer level of this crisis. This may be one of the worst national disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory and we will need to do quite a lot," Xinhua quoted Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, as saying.
"Our humanitarian colleagues report that the UN's humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, allocated USD 20 million from the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund to complement the efforts of the governments of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to p...