Inani labantu abafele kungozi yezulu lesiphepho eleCyclone Idai eZimbabwe selikhuphuke lafika kumakhulu phose amahlanu, 497.
Lokhu kuvezwe ngumphathintambo obona ngokwethulwa kwemibiko uNkosikazi Monica Mutsvangwa ngoLwesine.
UMutsvangwa uthe phezu kwezidumbu ezingu339 ezatholakala eChimanimani laseChipinge, kulezinye njalo ezingu158 ezathwalwa ngamanzi zatholakala eMozambique.
Wengeze wathi inani labafi leli lizakhwela ngoba kulabantu abangamakhulu amathathu abalokhe bengabonakali.
UNkosikazi Mutsvangwa uveze lokhu ngemva kokwethekelela eManicaland loMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Abamabandla aphikisayo abaqhuba inkulumo leZanu PF labo bethekelele eManicaland ukuyazibonela umonakalo owadalwa nguCyclone Idai.
Isiphathamandla seMDC-T uMnu Abedico Bhebhe uthe mkhulu umonakalo abawubonileyo. Wengeze wathi uhulumende kumele angenele ngamandla aphathise uzulu weManicaland.
