13 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Southern Africa After Storm Eloise

Aerial view of flooding after Tropical Cyclone Eloise, in Beira, Mozambique, on Jan. 22, 2021. Courtesy of Mercy Air via Reuters

JOHANNESBURG—The death toll from storm Eloise rose to at least 13 on Monday after heavy winds, rain and flooding destroyed buildings, drowned crops, and displaced thousands in parts of southern Africa.

Eloise weakened from a cyclone to a tropical storm after making landfall in central Mozambique on Saturday, but continued to dump rain on Zimbabwe, eSwatini—formerly known as Swaziland—South Africa and Botswana.