Farai Mabeza, Senior Staff Writer 
ZIMBABWE, Mozambique and the Bahamas were the countries most affected by the impacts of extreme weather events in 2019 followed by Japan, Malawi and Afghanistan, a new report shows.
According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, Zimbabwe lost 4,26 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 when Cyclone Idai ripped through the eastern parts of the country causing widespread destruction to infrastructure, property, crops and loss of life. Mozambique lost 12,16 percent while the Bahamas lost 31,59 percent.
“In March 2019, the intense tropical Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, causing catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in all three countries quickly becoming the deadliest and costliest tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean, Idai was labelled as one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in the history of Africa by United Nations secretary-general António Guterres,” the report said.
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