tranthuongbn N e m e s i s In Training
Number of posts : 119 Age : 33 Registration date : 2011-01-03
| Subject: 2000 Mozambique flood Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:32 am | |
| The floods began on 8 February with a lot of rain across South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland were also affected. Mozambique received the most rainfall, the capital Maputo was flooded. Torrential rain continued to the 11th of February, in Mozambique's Limpopo Valley, the banks of the Limpopo River burst, causing severe flood damage; residents of the area are struck with dysentery. On 22 February, tropical Cyclone Eline hit the Mozambican coast near Beira. On February 27, flash floods overwhelmed low farmlands around Chokwe and Xai-Xai. Over 45,000 people were rescued from rooftops, trees and other isolated areas. This effort was at first carried out by only a few Mozambican naval vessels. The governments of South Africa, Malawi, and Mozambique provided a few helicopters to the rescue team. One of the devastating images of the flooding was Sofia Pedro giving birth in a tree while surrounded by flood water. She was then rescued by the South African Air Force who flew both her and her new daughter Rositha Pedro to Chibuto. Action by the Breitling Avenger Chronograph replica35mm slide scanning | |
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