Tomas Serrao, 56, and his wife Anita, 44, rest beside two bags of sweet potatoes and the only other possessions they saved from the flood near the town of Chirembwe, Mozambique. The deluge claimed their house and their cornfield on January 18, 2008.

Tomas and Anita were waiting to leave for one of the resettlement centers that the Mozambique government created in 2007. The government's aim was to permanently relocate people from areas that see regular flooding.

In the past, people have moved to and from their homes as the floodwaters rose and receded, weaving annual crisis into the fabric of the country.

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