Lives Lost, Homes and Churches Destroyed as New Flooding Devastates
Mozambique
Beira, Mozambique .... [Source Adventist News Network]
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Flood waters continue to rise in central Mozambique where severe
flooding has claimed at least 40 lives since late last week. The floods
have also destroyed 78 churches, along with the homes of seven
Seventh-day Adventist pastors, reports Martin Haase, communication
director for the Adventist Church in the Euro-Africa region. He says
the remaining Adventist Churches have opened their doors to shelter
hundreds of people who have fled their homes.
Mozambique, a southern African country, is still recovering from
extensive flooding last year that killed 700 people and left more than
500,000 homeless. Authorities in Mozambique say this latest round of
flooding has affected 400,000 people in the central provinces of
Manica, Zambezia, and Sofala. More than 80,000 are without shelter and
are in desperate need of food and other basic necessities.