We walked into town and found some miners' wives scavenging for rotting rice. They haven't been able to contact their husbands they said. They have no money, their babies have been sick with fever and diarrhea. But they'll get by as best they can. The man with the megaphone is from the governing party, Filimo.
People seem to be coping alone or with a little help from foreigners.
More rain is predicted so aid workers have advised people not to return home until the weather's settled. No matter what they might find when they get there. For an assessment of how the relief effort is going, we turn to Christopher Thomas, a disaster and communications official for the American Red Cross, one of the many private relief groups aiding flood victims in Mozambique. He joins us from the capital, Maputo. We here there are a million people in need of aid in Mozambique right now.