Cyclone hit Zimbabwe needs urgent food aid for next three months: UN

An estimated 200,000 people in Zimbabwe are likely to need urgent food aid for the next three months after their district was hit by Cyclone Idai, World Food Programme spokesman Herve Verhoosel said on Thursday.

"It looks like the situation in Chimanimani - the hardest hit district in Zimbabwe - is very bad. Some 90 per cent of the district has been significantly damaged," he told a news conference in Geneva.