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Cabinet yesterday resolved to launch a formal appeal for domestic and international assistance on the Cyclone Idai disaster whose death toll now stands at 268 people.

Government has paid tribute to the government and people of Mozambique for their assistance to Zimbabwe in the wake of the Cyclone Idai disaster, amid revelations that about 82 locals killed during the tropical cyclone have since been buried in the neighbouring country.

FIRST Class Academy in Mutare has offered to take in St Charles Lwanga High School pupils, who were affected by Cyclone Idai, to learn at the school until the end of this term.

Zimbabwe yesterday received a 95-tonne consignment of aid from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to assist the victims of Cyclone Idai, while the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) weighed in with US$500 000 towards the cause.

Yesterday local religious groups in their broad totality joined hands as they commemorated the final day of President Mnangagwa’s declaration of two days of national mourning following the devastating Cyclone Idai that ravaged Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique leaving a combined more than 800 citizens dead and thousands others displaced.

Government says it will study further the nature of Cyclone Idai to determine what transpired when it hit Chimanimani and Chipinge areas as there are reports of tremors being felt prior to it making landfall.

PEOPLE in the Midlands Province have so far raised over half a million dollars worth of donations in cash and kind for victims of Cyclone Idai which ravaged parts of Manicaland and Masvingo leaving hundreds of people dead, some missing and thousands displaced.

THE United Nations has availed a helicopter to Zimbabwe with a capacity to carry three tonnes to speed up the food distribution process in areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai.

President Mnangagwa’s decision to declare two days of national mourning in honour of victims of Cyclone Idai has been hailed by business, civic society and religious groups for affording Zimbabweans an opportunity to mobilise resources for survivors who lost their beloved ones and all their possessions.

GOVERNMENT is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that all those who succumbed to Cyclone Idai are given decent burials, with those tasked with the mission to rebury the bodies walking for more than 20km to carry out the task.

Cyclone Idai victims in Bikita look up to the heavens for respite as they ponder how disaster seems to only stalk them.

GOVERNMENT and the corporate world have made great strides in assisting the victims of Cyclone Idai through donations and all other forms of assistance.

President Mnangagwa has declared Saturday and Sunday  national mourning days in honour of those who perished owing to Cyclone Idai that left a trail of destruction in Chimanimani and Chipinge last week.

First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa had to cut short her attendance at the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday to assist citizens affected by Cyclone Idai that has so far claimed 139 lives in Zimbabwe.

China has extended an offer to help Zimbabwe rebuild infrastructure in Chimanimani, where most roads, bridges, schools and clinics were destroyed by Cyclone Idai which struck the district last week.