Mozambique Floods Causing Spiralling Emergency – UN

Geneva — Severe flooding in Mozambique has triggered a rapidly escalating emergency that is already affecting more than half a million people, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.

“The numbers keep rising as extensive flooding continues and dams keep releasing water to avoid bursting,” said Paola Emerson, head of Mozambique operations at the UN humanitarian agency OCHA.

Heavy rains and storms have battered Mozambique and neighbouring South Africa for weeks, claiming at least 150 lives,…