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UN steps up aid call for Mozambique cyclone victims

People in Buzi, a district of Beira, take shelter in a secondary school. [AFP]

The UN is stepping up calls for help in Mozambique as aid agencies struggle to assist tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern Africa's most powerful cyclones.

A week after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique with winds of nearly 200 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, survivors are struggling in desperate conditions -- some still trapped on roof tops and those saved needing foods and facing the risk of outbreaks of disease such as cholera.

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