Mozambique flooding situation worsens

The flooding situation in Mozambique is worsening, according to Mozambique's top disaster official who said that a number of the evacuation centers cannot be accessed by road and supplies must be airlifted. "Some 4,000 people could lose their lives if they do not receive drinking water and food soon", Paolo Zucula stated. "They are starving and some diseases such as malaria and cholera are looming," he added.

On Monday, Mozambique's national disaster agency said that the worst may be yet to come as the rainy season draws on.

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  Profile of Mozambique:
  
  · Two-thirds of Mozambicans live in absolute   poverty.
  · Life expectancy at birth is just 38 years.
  · Mozambique is the tenth poorest nation in the   world.
  · 2,000 people per day are pouring into crowded   refugee camps in central Mozambique at present.
  · 240,000 people have been displaced in total.
  · 1.3 million orphans live in Mozambique.
  
  "It is rare for a country to be hit by two massive and simultaneous emergencies within such a short period of time," said the Head of UNICEF in Mozambique, Leila Pakkala. "The response has been express and effective" said Pakkala, "but it must be stressed that this can only continue while resources and actions on the ground are maintained."
  
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