Cyclone Idai

Cyclone IDAI

Question: Cyclone Idai has affected around 3 million peoples in which of the following continent?
(a) Oceania
(b) Australia
(c) Africa
(d) South America
Answer :(c)
Related facts:

  • On 14 March 2019, Tropical Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique followed by landfall near the port city of Beira.
  • Afterwards,the vicious cyclone hits Malawi and Zimbabwe causing devastating floods, killing and injuring thousands of people and ruining crops in the proned region.
  • On 19th March,Mozambique’s President, Filipe Nyusi, announced three days of national mourning and later declared a National Emergency.
  • As per updates about 3 million peoples are adversely impacted by the devastating cyclone in South African countries dishevelling the life and property.

By Achyutanand Pandey

Links:

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/19/africa/cyclone-idai-mozambique-zimbabwe-intl/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/cyclone-idai-worst-weather-disaster-to-hit-southern-hemisphere-mozambique-malawi

https://www.africanews.com/2019/03/27/mozambique-malawi-zimbabwe-braced-for-cyclone-idai//