Mozambique: Shelters Overcrowded as Flood Displacement Grows

Geneva — Weeks of heavy rainfall have caused widespread flooding in southern and central Mozambique, forcing families from their homes and submerging entire neighbourhoods as rivers overflow, the United Nations said Friday.

The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Pemba office, Dr Andrew Mbala Peter, speaking by phone, said at a UN Press conference that data indicate that nearly 600,000 people have been affected by the floods.

Mozambique’s government has declared a…