Cyclone Idai likely to have caused $1 billion of damage: UN

Posted On: Mar. 27, 2019 6:07 AM CST

Cyclone Idai heads towards Mozambique and Zimbabwe in 2019/ SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, said that cyclone Idai is likely to have caused $1 billion worth of infrastructural damage in Mozambique, Reuters reported citing sources. Mr. Guterres said that the March 14 cyclone damaged tens of thousands of houses across Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and inundated the port city of Beira.