A worker with the Mozambican Red Cross speaks with women and children at a health post established at the Baue resettlement camp, in the Tete region's Mutarrara area.

With malaria the leading cause of death for Mozambique's children, health officials have begun broadcasting public service announcements encouraging proper hygiene and the use of mosquito nets, which have been distributed by aid groups.

The UN warns that the flooding could be the worst in recent memory, perhaps even surpassing the 2000-01 flooding, which caused some 500 million U.S. dollars in damage.

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