They don't help us. Aid workers defended their work, saying they did what they could under unbelievably dire circumstances. Britain, Germany and France sent military helicopters, to join those from South Africa and Malawi in the rescue and aid effort. Portugal, Spain and the United States, too, were sending equipment and personnel. Now we've rescued people, the next stage is emerging.
People are extremely weak.
They're traumatized and exhausted. We've got to support them while the water goes down. But the water may not stay down. Even without more flooding, outbreaks of disease threaten more people than those who died beneath the muddy waters. Outbreaks of malaria and cholera were speeding through the camps.