Worst hurricane in a decade kills dozens in southern Africa

Bloomberg

At least 43 people died in central Mozambique and Zimbabwe after a tropical cyclone tore through the southern African nations, knocking out electricity and phone networks and cutting power to South Africa from a hydropower dam.
The storm, the worst to hit Mozambique in at least a decade, had windspeeds of more than 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles) before it made landfall. It’s exacerbating flooding in the region that had already killed more than 60 people. While the storm has dissipated since crossing over land, there is still heavy rains over Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.
At least 19 people died in Mozambique, according to the government, while a further 24 perished in Zimbabwe, state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. reported. The storm damaged a Mozambican transmission line to South Africa, cutting supplies by 900 megawatts and worsening an electricity shortage in the continent’s most industrialized economy. “There has been a lot of damage that we have not yet made the calculation of how much we need to rebuild,” said Alberto Mondlane, governor of Mozambique’s worst-hit Sofala province, in comments broadcast over state radio late Friday. “Many homes have been left without a roof.”
The storm has already affected 1.5 million people, according to the United Nations.