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About a million children affected after southern Africa cyclone, UNICEF estimates

UNICEF is estimating about a million children are affected by a cyclone that struck southern Africa 10 days ago, destroying homes and flooding areas of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

"Our biggest concern is that there are children now who will not have access to education ... because of the destruction of infrastructure," said Shelby Stapleton, senior programs officer for World Vision Mozambique. 

There are at least 1.8 million people in need of immediate assistance, requiring supplies such as food, blankets and medicine, Stapleton told CBC News on Sunday.

"The children are the most vulnerable amongst them," she said as she relayed numbers from the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.

Aid workers transport relief supplies delivered to the airport in Beira, Mozambique by the UN's World Food Program on Sunday. (Stephanie Jenzer/CBC)

The UN's World Food Program on Friday declared the Mozambique flood crisis a Level 3 emergency, putting it on par with food emergencies declared two years ago in Yemen, Syria and South Sudan.

Mozambique on Sunday recorded more deaths from Cyclone Idai, which caused flooding in the three countries and left thousands in camps after homes were destroyed.

The cyclone lashed the Mozambican port city of Beira with winds of up to 170 km/h on March 15, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi.

Mozambique's Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia told journalists that the death toll had risen to 446 from 417, adding that 531,000 people had been affected by the disaster and 110,000 were in camps.

The death toll from the cyclone has risen to over 750 in all three countries affected.

This map shows the extent of the flooding on Thursday. Rescue efforts continued Friday, as teams try to determine how many people are in need of help.

The storm has also killed scores of people in Zimbabwe, with the United Nations' migration agency reporting that 259 people had been killed while its humanitarian arm OCHA said the death toll was at 154.

Reuters could not immediately contact authorities in Zimbabwe.

In Malawi, 56 people died in heavy rains ahead of the cyclone.

In all three countries, survivors have been digging through rubble to search for victims, and scrambling for shelter, food and water, while governments and aid agencies rush in help.

The Mozambican minister had said on Saturday that some 1,500 people were in need of immediate rescue from rooftops and trees. On Sunday he said the number of people who needed rescuing had came down dramatically, without giving a figure.

The floods have raised the risk of cholera and other water-borne diseases, and Correia said the government was opening a cholera treatment center in readiness of an outbreak.

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