2007 Mozambican flood

The 2007 Mozambican flood began in late December 2006 when the Cahora Bassa Dam overflowed from heavy rains on Southern Africa.

[4] 80,600 people had been evacuated from their homes in the Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia provinces by February 14.

[5] By February 22, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that approximately 121,000 people had been displaced by the flooding.

Paulo Zucula, head of Mozambique's national relief agency, said "We expect more water than we had in 2001.

[9] However, thousands of people had not yet received food or drinking water, and the threat of disease outbreaks had also increased; Paulo Zucula retracted his earlier comments about readiness, saying "We were not prepared... it's another disaster".