Rescuers hope to reach more cyclone victims as roads reopen in Mozambique

Locals leave after receiving food parcels handed out by an aid organisation after Cyclone Idai, near Dondo village outside Beira, Mozambique, March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) - Rescuers said they would reach hundreds of people on Monday still stranded more than a week after a powerful cyclone struck Mozambique and swathes of southeast Africa, as roads started to reopen.

Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique's port city of Beira with winds of up to 170 kph (105 mph) around midnight on March 14, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, flattening buildings and killing at least 657 people across the three countries.