FHI health workers have dug 7 pit latrines and 2 waste disposal pits for the accommodation centre. 400,000 people are affected in Sofala Province. Needy and affected numbers will be released tomorrow. 50 mm of rain reported in Marromeu today, closing the airstrip. Caia is the only airstrip operational.
Chupanga airstrip is unusable.
It has been surfaced with sand but this has washed out. It is estimated to take one week for this strip to be usable again. In Marromeu there has been success finally in mobilising people to start leaving using megaphones. One air force plane reports evacuating 45 people in 6 flights. People wanted to bring many of their possessions with them before agreeing to evacuation, and this was agreed.