Aid workers are also racing against time to save thousands of children from becoming trapped in Buzi, a district in the country’s central Sofala province that could become submerged in the next 24 hours, according to an aerial survey, the UK charity said.
The survey showed that more than 50km of land in Buzi town has been submerged after a river burst its banks in the aftermath of Cyclone Idia that has devastated three countries in southern Africa.
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“Thousands of children lived in areas completely engulfed by water. In many places, no roofs or treetops are even visible above the floods. In other areas, people are clinging to rooftops desperately waiting to be rescued,” said Machiel Pouw, Save the Children’s response leader in Mozambique.
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