“We have distributed 75,000 pounds (34,000 kilograms) of food to communities around the park,” said Gregory Carr, president of the Gorongosa National Park in the southeastern African nation of Mozambique. More than two weeks ago Cyclone Idai devastated the central part of the country, as well as neighboring Malawi and Zimbabwe, killing more than 700 people and leaving an estimated 1.8 million in need of life-saving assistance, according to the latest UN report.

The cyclone destroyed entire towns and villages, and it wiped out hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland on the eve of the next harvest. Floodwaters still cover more than 1,000 square miles.

Less than 48 hours after Cyclone Idai struck, hundreds of Gorongosapark rangers and