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Mozambique floods 2000: Full coverage
In early 2000 a cyclone swept across southern Africa leading to three weeks of severe floods which devastated Mozambique. BBC News Online charted the course of the disaster and its aftermath.
Picking up the pieces
Long road to recovery
An aidworker's view
How the disaster unfolded
Southern Africa under water
Madagascar floods worse than thought
The estimated number of people needing urgent help in the wake of the Madagascar cyclone doubles to 40,000.
The floods: A regional disaster
Eyewitness: Madagascar left reeling
Madagascar appeals for flood aid
Aid arrives for desperate Zambians
Assessing the damage
Nature takes its toll
Mozambique's most fertile farmland is also the most prone to flooding.
Why the world waits
Economic hopes washed away
The threat of disease
In pictures: Waiting for the rescuers
A human tragedy
Chokwe wary of more floods
Officials fly in to warn of further flooding - but most of the townsfolk are already keeping away from home.
Flood children separated from parents
A survivor's story
When home is a road bridge
A sad journey back home
Eyewitness: Flying over the flood
Southern Africa under water
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The estimated number of people needing urgent help in the wake of the Madagascar cyclone doubles to 40,000.
Assessing the damage
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Mozambique's most fertile farmland is also the most prone to flooding.
A human tragedy
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Officials fly in to warn of further flooding - but most of the townsfolk are already keeping away from home.
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MozambiqueTime for an international rescue?
How to help Mozambique
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Flood reliefPictures from Mozambique's ongoing crisis
Born above the floodwatersMother and baby's dramatic rescue
Caught out again?
Why the world watched as Mozambique drowned.
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