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In Pictures: More than 1,000 feared dead in Mozambique storm

Swamped: Cyclone Idai ravaged central Mozambique before crashing into neighbouring Zimbabwe. [AFP]

More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique, while scores have been killed and more than 150 are missing in neighbouring Zimbabwe.

The city of Beira in central Mozambique bore Cyclone Idai's full wrath on Thursday before the storm barrelled on to neighbouring Zimbabwe, unleashing fierce winds and flash floods and washing away roads and houses.

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