The second week of efforts have begun to find and help tens of thousands of people in Mozambique after the devastation of Cyclone Idai. Road access is a challenge and reports say the deaths toll could exceed one thousand. Our correspondent Angelo Coppola reports from Beira.

Aid agencies are on the ground in Beira, and while the initial focus was to get people to safety. Their attention now shifts.

ELHADJ AS SY GENERAL SECRETARY, IFRC "While we are having some recess in water in some parts, of the affected areas, it's still raining and people are not yet not off the hook. And we should be ready to accompany them in the medium and long term."

ANGELO COPPOLA BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE "The clearing up has begun in earnest. And it's going to be a long process before everything's fully functional again."

DR. MIGUEL SILVA DEPUTY MINISTER FOR PORTUGUESE NATIONALS "To create the conditions of the health care, the house care, and the reconstruction of the infrastructure, it's our total availability to promote this good cooperation between Portuguese government and the Mozambique government."

As aid agencies struggle with road access, the port was initially closed for just two days as the terminal operator dealt with a few minor issues including damaged computer systems.

JAN DE VRIES, CEO CORNELDER MOZAMBIQUE, BEIRA PORT OPERATOR "The port is fully operational again, what we are now waiting for is the road to become open because Beira is a port that serves the entire hinterland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, they all use the port of Beira. There's only one road but what we understand, emergency repairs are underway. We expect by Monday morning the first trucks to start going again."

The clearing up has begun, and it's going to be a long process before everything is up and running again. I'm Angelo Coppola for CGTN in Beira, Mozambique.