Johannesburg, South Africa. At least 200 people have perished, but the final toll is expected to be thousands.
Aid workers say malaria is running at four times the normal rate.
Britain's international development department has donated R58m and cancelled Mozambique's debts. British aid includes cash for nine chartered helicopters, an airlift of 100 inflatable dinghies and life rafts, with 30 emergency service personnel, and a military reconaissance team. Four RAF Puma helicopters are being flown out to Mozambique today. Aid agencies admit that they underestimated the volume of water which inundated the Limpopo and Save river valleys of Mozambique after neighbouring Zimbabwe opened its overwhelmed dams. Cyclone Eline added to the chaos.