MOZAMBIQUE: MOZAMBICAN RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUE TO EVACUATGE PEOPLE THREATENED BY RISING FLOODWATERS

Record ID: 647211

  • Title: MOZAMBIQUE: MOZAMBICAN RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUE TO EVACUATGE PEOPLE THREATENED BY RISING FLOODWATERS
  • Date: 1st March 2001
  • Summary: CHIPANGA, NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE (MARCH 1, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. AERIAL OF THE CHIPANGA FLOODED AREA 0.09 2. CU INSIDE RESCUE HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS) 0.25 3. SLV HELICOPTER LANDING ON WATER 0.41 4. CU/SV HELICOPTER PILOT (2 SHOTS) 0.48 5. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH FLOODWATER TOWARDS THE HELICOPTER, CLIMB INTO HELICOPTER 1.25 6. SV MOTHERS WITH BABIES IN HELICOPTER 1.31 7. BABY ON MOTHER'S BACK 8. CU OF CHILD 1.38 9. CU OF TWO MEN 1.41 10. CU OF BABY 1.45 11. SV PEOPLE WITH BOAT IN WATER AND RESCUERS HELPING PEOPLE ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER, INDICATING THERE IS NO MORE ROOM, THEN ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE INTO HELICOPTER 2.21 12. CU CHILD INSIDE HELICOPTER 2.21 13. CU OF FEET 2.26 14. SV RESCUERS DIVING OFF HELICOPTER INTO WATER TO RESCUE CHILDREN FROM WATER AND TO CARRY THEM ON BOARD (3 SHOTS) 2.56 15. AERIALS OF FLOODED AREA (2 SHOTS) 3.18 16. AERIAL OF TWO ELEPHANTS STRUGGLING TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH WATER 3.34 17. SV SOLDIERS HELPING PEOPLE OFF HELICOPTER ONTO DRY LAND 3.45 18. SLV OF PEOPLE GETTING OFF HELICOPTER 3.51 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th March 2001 12:00
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  • Location: CHIPANGA, NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Reuters ID: LVAE05B6O0W9VP7AGW0PK8LS2580
  • Story Text: Mozambican rescue teams are continuing to evacuate some
    200,000 people threatened by rising floodwaters, as the
    government appeals for equipment to bolster the relief effort
    and aid workers call for food donations.



    At least 41 people have died and more than 77,000 have
    lost their homes in a deluge likely to echo, but not match,
    the worst floods in living memory last year, in which more
    than 700 people died and 500,000 were made homeless.

    The Mozambique army has been racing against time to rescue
    villagers likely to be flooded by the rising waters that
    threaten to destroy their houses. Some of those affected have
    been reluctant to leave their homes.

    On Thursday (March 1), soldiers rescued men, women and
    children from Chipanga in northern Mozambique by helicopter.

    Many made their way through the floodwaters to the
    helicopter on foot, or in boats.

    Humanitarian aid for the flood victims has started to
    arrive in the country, but the Mozambican government has
    appealed for 30 million U.S. dollars (USD) of aid.

    Germany has sent its first aid donation of one million
    German marks (472,000 USD).

    Mozambican authorities and aid agencies said nearly
    200,000 people were threatened after another river burst its
    banks and more water was released from Cahora Bassa at the
    weekend.

    Two Cahora Bassa floodgates had been opened, but officials
    said water was still flowing in.

    About 400,000 people have been affected by floods in
    Mozambique, while in Zambia, to the west, 15,000 flood victims
    risk starvation, because food and aid have not reached them
    for several weeks.




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