Cyclone in Mozambique: the death toll has risen to more than 650, according to the government

As many as 1,500 people were injured after the hurricane swept the country last week.

The toll of the cyclone that swept Mozambique last week increased to 676 dead on Saturday, Mozambique's Environment Minister Celso Correia said on Saturday, saying the area affected by the disaster covered an area of ​​3,000 square kilometers.

"Unprecedented natural disaster". "Unfortunately, no one in the region nor in the world could predict a disaster of such magnitude," he added from Beira (center), the second largest city in Mozambique, partially devastated by the weather.

In total, Idai, which caused catastrophic floods and landslides in neighboring Mozambique and Zimbabwe, killed at least 676 people in both countries. "This is an unprecedented natural disaster.The affected area (in Mozambique) is about 3,000 km2, a disaster equivalent to major disasters," said Celso Correia. "Unfortunately, no one in the region nor in the world could predict a disaster of such magnitude," he added.