NEW YORK - At least 1.6 million children still need urgent assistance in healthcare, nutrition, protection, education, water, and sanitation one month after Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.
Unicef was particularly worried about access to services for the more 130,000 children still displaced following the cyclone, most of whom were in Mozambique and Malawi. More than 200,000 homes were destroyed by the storm in Mozambique alone. Across the three countries, flood water had largely receded, and some affected families had started to return home. Yet thousands remained in evacuation camps because their houses were damaged or destroyed. Food security was also a major issue because the storm destroyed crops weeks before the harvest.