A woman at the Baue resettlement camp stands among goods salvaged from Mozambique's floods on January 16, 2008.

Some aid workers say that the effects of flooding have been worsened by major hydroelectric dams. Artificially lowered water levels downriver encouraged people to move closer to the water's edge, the workers say.

"Before the construction of the Cahora Bassa [dam], a lot of these areas that are being flooded now were low-lying areas mostly covered with water," UNICEF's Thierry Delvigne-Jean said.

"So when they built the dam, these areas became land that could be used for agriculture but also was prone to flooding."

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