Cyclone devastates Mozambique, leaving 11 dead

A TROPICAL cyclone battering southern Mozambique has killed 11 people and severed coastal roads in the storm-weary African country, officials said yesterday.

Cyclone Japhet, bringing driving rain and winds of 100 miles per hour, destroyed crops and smashed buildings and forced some 23,000 people from their homes in coastal Inhambane province.

Provincial Governor Aires Aly said emergency workers were trying to reopen roads so they could get aid supplies to the displaced people.