When Disaster Strikes

A Perfect Storm

Hear the extraordinary story of bravery and hope after Cyclone Idai strikes Mozambique. The world races to help rescue and support survivors from flooding on a biblical scale.

A Perfect Storm

55m 16s

Hear the extraordinary story of bravery and hope after Cyclone Idai strikes Mozambique. The world races to help rescue and support survivors from flooding on a biblical scale.

Previews + Extras

  • Cyclone Idai Flooding Destroys a Shantytown in Beira: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Cyclone Idai Flooding Destroys a Shantytown in Beira

    S1 E1 - 2m 39s

    Cyclone Idai destroyed an entire shantytown in Beira, Mozambique. One of its former residents, Dino, witnessed his home being flooded. Swimming was the only way to escape. His wife, Marta, is now at a government-run evacuation center in the city because he and his family have nowhere else to live and no way of earning a living.

  • Health Workers Rush to Prevent Malaria Outbreak: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Health Workers Rush to Prevent Malaria Outbreak

    S1 E1 - 2m 36s

    In an NGO-run temporary camp for those displaced by Cyclone Idai, health workers, including Julia Mutondo, try to prevent a malaria outbreak. Abby Weems of Team Rubicon USA is working with Julia at a healthcare center in one of these camps, tending to those in need. For Mozambicans like Julia, treating members of her community after a disaster like Cyclone Idai can be an emotional experience.

  • Local Red Cross Members Provide Aid Following Cyclone Idai: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Local Red Cross Members Provide Aid Following Cyclone Idai

    S1 E1 - 2m 19s

    Huge crowds attending a distribution event in an area that was under water just a few days previously all need help rebuilding their homes and lives. Veteran humanitarian responders Jamie LeSueur of the IFRC and Sebastian Rhodes-Stampa of UNOCHA look on impressed as local members of the Red Cross distribute aid items to those made homeless by Cyclone Idai.

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