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Cyclone Idai

Dear All
We urgently need your prayers!
Tropical cyclone Idai has worked its way through Mozambique creating much devastation and loss of life. The city of Beria suffered terrible destruction with damage to 90% of buildings and widespread flooding. This was made worse by the loss of phone services which are only just being repaired. As we write we are receiving messages from people asking if we at Mercy Air can fly to rescue children and families from rooftops and out of trees.
At this point in time we have one helicopter in the Beira region helping people in terrible difficulties, and we are trying to mobilise our second.
PLEASE PRAY:
·         That our crew, Joel and Philip, will continue to have wisdom to know where to go.
·         That they operate at their normal high level of safety even though they will be tired.
·         That the Mozambique government will create good clear lines of communication.
·         That people at the Mercy Air base will be ready to respond with the second Helicopter and our fixed wing aircraft.
·         For safe keeping of the many people on the ground, and in the water, offering generous support to those most in need.  
·         That governments around the world will be swift and generous with their support.
·         That other commercial organisations will be swift and generous in supporting the cost of the flying (we don’t have that money). Operating costs are $1200 per hour to fly a single helicopter.
But the lives of those in Mozambique are worth far more!

It seems the BBC is not giving much coverage up until so now here is a link to CNN  https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/19/africa/cyclone-idai-mozambique-zimbabwe-intl/index.html   

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