Picture gallery: Mozambique floods

Two South African military transport aircraft carrying support staff to operate helicopters and light planes have arrived in Mozambique to help with flood relief operations as the Zambezi river continues to rise.

Observers say the aircraft are urgently needed for ferrying emergency aid and for moving people out of flooded areas, because Mozambique has only two serviceable helicopters of its own.

A child is rescued from rising waters in the Caia district

About 60,000 people are living in makeshift camps

Many families have lost all their possessions as their land and huts lie under water

Flood victims make their way to a UN helicopter - many others refuse to abandon their land

Rescue operations continue in an effort to evacuate 60,000 more people