A South African helicopter hovers above flood victims.
A family salvages its possessions in the flooded city of Xai-Xai.
A woman waits in waist-deep flood waters for her rescuers.
Rescuers spent the day plucking flood victims from rooftops and tree branches.
A woman is airlifted from a tree with her baby in Chokwe province.
South African rescuers pull a child from a tree in Chibuti.
A civilian helicopter rescues people on a rooftop in Xai-Xai.
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