Mozambique cyclone death toll crosses 240; thousands still displaced

Mozambique's Minister of Land and Environment Celso Correia said on Thursday the death toll has risen to 242 in the country after a cyclone ripped through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands.

Earlier on Thursday Correia had said the number of people dead had risen to 217 and around 15,000 people still needed to be rescued. Correia added that 30 per cent of government displacement centres still has no food.