Cyclone Idai witness describes seeing hundreds of bodies by roadside

Fears situation is far worse than official death tolls indicate, as witnesses report 'totally obliterated' communities

Entire villages have been destroyed in Mozambique and Zimbabwe and most of their inhabitants swept away, as rescuers race to save tens of thousands of people trapped by flood waters from Cyclone Idai.

Testimony collected from areas entirely cut off by flooding shows a situation far worse than indicated by official figures, with estimates from some witnessessuggesting that the death toll will reach the thousands.