- Title: MOZAMBIQUE: TORRENTIAL RAIN HAMPERS AID DISTRIBUTION TO FLOOD VICTIMS.
- Date: 10th March 2000
- Summary: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE (MARCH 10, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/MV: VARIOUS OF GROUNDED AIRPLANES AT MAPUTO AIRPORT/ AID WORKERS ON TARMAC (6 SHOTS) 0.33 2. CU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) LINDSEY DAVIES FROM THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) SAYING: "All our flights were grounded as of the afternoon (on Thursday) and we were only able to get in a small amount of food in the morning, so really, it's a very critical situation for us and a bitter blow to the relief operations. Today it's still raining but we are planning to position a couple of helicopters in our main forwarding areas and hopefully, if the rain clears and visibility improves they will be able to do some kind of rotations today" 0.59 3. CU: WFP LOGO 1.01 4. CU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) DAVIES SAYING: "We are very much living hand to mouth with this operation and as the days go by it becomes increasingly more worrying for us" 1.09 5. GV: VARIOUS OF GROUNDED PLANES (4 SHOTS) 1.25 6. CU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) ERNIE TACAPOTE, U.S. AID, SAYING: "It slows it down because the amount of water blocking the roads but the aid is still going in and the flights are still going out - a little bit slower but it's still happening" 1.34 7. GV/PAN: PLANE TAXIING 1.51 8. GV: VARIOUS OF FLOODED STREETS IN MAPUTO 2.17 9. GV/GV/PAN: PEOPLE WADING THROUGH WATER (2 SHOTS) 2.37 10. GV/MV: CHILDREN PLAYING ON FLOODED STREETS (3 SHOTS) 3.17 11. GV: MAN FILLING BUCKET WITH WATER 3.25 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
- Country: Mozambique
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