2008 Flood Emergency Response

For the second year in a row, floods swept over central Mozambique following torrential rains in southern Africa in December 2007 and January 2008.

The Government of Mozambique and its humanitarian partners responded quickly, ensuring that very few people died in the disaster, but the floodwaters displaced over 100,000 people, affected over 180,000 more and destroyed 150,000 hectares of crops.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners provided rapid food assistance to flood victims and supported the logistics and telecommunications needs of the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) and the rest of the humanitarian community.

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