Floods hit Mozambique (again!) Jan 2008

Roads to neighbouring countries are cut off

So far 6 people have died (4 drowned and 2 eaten by crocodiles)

Tens of thousands have been made homeless and another 14,000 people being moved on Saturday (12 th Jan)

People have been climbing trees and onto rooftops to escape the floodwaters.

Other effects? No-one knows yet how severe the flooding will be this time. There are more storms forecast and the ground is already saturated. Thousands of people are at risk of food shortages, both in the short term and in the long term as crops have been washed away. There is a risk of water-borne diseases such as cholera

No-one knows yet how severe the flooding will be this time. There are more storms forecast and the ground is already saturated.

Thousands of people are at risk of food shortages, both in the short term and in the long term as crops have been washed away.

There is a risk of water-borne diseases such as cholera

For more information.. See the BBC report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7184431.stm There is an easy to understand guide to flooding on the BBC’s Newsround site at http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1610000/newsid_1613800/1613858.stm

See the BBC report at