Over 10 thousand cubic metres of water are flowing against the dam every second. The engineers are letting out 7500, so the level keeps building. They''ll have to let out more. When that water roars out it heads for 80,000 people downstream. The National Institute for Calamity Management has to evacuate them all, move them to higher ground and give them food and tents there.
People don''t want to move.
If they leave they lose their livestock and property. If they don''t, they may lose their lives. Thousands of Malawians fled to higher ground in Mozambique. Thousands of Mozambicans fled to Malawi. In both countries, flood survivors are weak from hunger, stress and exposure.