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One Million Displaced in Mozambique Floods

HeadlineMar 01, 2000

With an estimated one million people displaced by Mozambique’s worst floods on record, helicopters and boats tried to save those still trapped today by high waters, while international donors delivered large amounts of emergency supplies. The latest official estimate is that 200 people have died in the floods that have devastated this impoverished southeast African country of Mozambique of 19 million people since the beginning of February. But aid agencies expect the death toll to run into the thousands. Bodies are believed to be trapped inside huts or under water. President Joaquim Chissano today urged the international community to provide more help.

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