<span style="color: #222222;">The death toll from the cyclone that ripped into southern Africa last month is now above 1,000. Zimbabwe's Information Minister today said the toll in his country has risen to 344.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> Mozambique has reported 602 deaths while at least 59 people have died in Malawi. Efforts are now confined to recovery of bodies and identifying the deceased. A final death toll is yet to be established.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Cyclone Idai smashed into the coast of central Mozambique last month. It unleashed hurricane-force winds and rains that flooded the hinterland and drenched eastern Zimbabwe leaving a trail of destruction.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The World Food Programme declared the flood crisis a level three emergency, putting it on a par with crises in Yemen, Syria and South Sudan.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More than two million people have been affected in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and in Malawi where the storm started as a tropical depression.</span><br />''  <br />