More than 200 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more are missing in the destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai . An estimated 1.5 million people have been affected. Images from Nasa’s Terra satellite on 12 March show Idai as it spun across the Mozambique Channel. The storm carried winds of about 90 knots (105 miles/165km per hour) — equivalent to a category 2 storm