English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Cyclone Idai was the worst storm ever to strike the southern region of Africa, affecting Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, leaving behind a trail of destruction and broken lives. The storm has created an inland ocean in Mozambique the size of Luxembourg. It has killed 700 people and affected around 3 million more. That's almost the same as the population of Wales. Houses, roads and bridges have been ripped apart and agricultural land is completely submerged. Humanitarian charities have heard accounts of children dying as they fell from trees they had climbed to escape the flooding. Others fell because of hunger as they had been cut off for three days. There have been many reports of bodies floating in the floodwater. In Zimbabwe alone, over 300 people have lost their lives with at least 16,000 households displaced. Government Ministers say that the number of missing people will be much higher than earlier feared. My constituents David and Martha Holman, from the charity Love Zimbabwe, will be travelling to the country on 8 April to provide much needed support. They've already collected many essential items to take with them and distribute to those in affected areas and are appealing for more. The Disasters Emergency Committee has also launched an appeal to support aid efforts. Charities are working to support the relief effort delivering emergency shelter kits; food, such as pulses and maize; water purification tablets; and urgent health assistance. I'm sure this Assembly will wish to pledge its support to the people of this troubled part of the world at this time. Anyone wishing to give their support can do so by visiting the website at www.dec.org.uk
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Seiclon Idai oedd y storm waethaf erioed i daro rhan ddeheuol Affrica, gan effeithio ar Malawi, Mozambique a Zimbabwe, a gadael trywydd o ddinistr a bywydau toredig yn ei sgil. Mae'r storm wedi creu cefnfor mewndirol ym Mozambique sydd yr un faint â Lwcsembwrg. Mae wedi lladd 700 o bobl ac wedi effeithio ar oddeutu 3 miliwn yn fwy na hynny. Mae hynny bron yr un faint â phoblogaeth Cymru. Cafodd tai, ffyrdd a phontydd eu chwalu'n ddarnau a boddwyd tir amaethyddol. Mae elusennau dyngarol wedi clywed hanesion am blant yn marw wrth iddynt syrthio o goed roeddent wedi'u dringo i ddianc rhag y llifogydd. Syrthiodd eraill oherwydd newyn am nad oedd modd eu cyrraedd am dri diwrnod. Cafwyd llawer o adroddiadau am gyrff yn arnofio yn y llifddwr. Yn Zimbabwe yn unig, mae dros 300 o bobl wedi colli eu bywydau gydag o leiaf 16,000 o deuluoedd wedi'u gwneud yn ddigartref. Mae Gweinidogion Llywodraeth yn dweud y bydd nifer y bobl sydd ar goll yn llawer uwch nag yr ofnid yn gynharach. Bydd fy etholwyr David a Martha Holman, o elusen Love Zimbabwe, yn teithio i'r wlad ar 8 Ebrill i ddarparu cymorth sy'n fawr ei angen. Maent eisoes wedi casglu llawer o eitemau hanfodol i'w cludo yno a'u dosbarthu i'r rhai yn yr ardaloedd yr effeithiwyd arnynt ac maent yn apelio am fwy. Mae'r Pwyllgor Argyfyngau hefyd wedi lansio apêl i gefnogi ymdrechion cymorth. Mae elusennau'n gweithio i gefnogi'r ymdrech gymorth a darparu pecynnau lloches brys; bwyd, megis codlysiau ac indrawn; tabledi puro dŵr; a chymorth iechyd brys. Rwy'n siŵr y bydd y Cynulliad hwn yn dymuno addo ei gefnogaeth i bobl y rhan gythryblus hon o'r byd ar yr adeg hon. Gall unrhyw un sy'n awyddus i roi cymorth wneud hynny drwy ymweld â'r wefan, www.dec.org.uk