Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure, livestock and agricultural produce have been destroyed in Manicaland and parts of Masvingo provinces in the past three days due to heavy rains and gusty winds from cyclone Idai, with fears of further losses expected as the floods continue.
Economic activity in the eastern province has literally been flooded to a halt, with other provinces west-wards that depend on Manicaland's road connectivity to suppliers and markets in neighbouring Mozambique catching the cold.
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