MOZAMBIQUE: BEIRA: FLOODING DISASTER: AID
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(5 Mar 2000) English/Nat
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The aid effort in Mozambique has stepped up a gear, with more international response teams arriving to help in the rescue and relief operation.
The country's second city, Beira, is acting as a staging and distribution post for operations in the north of the country.
British crews are already working from Beira, while German and U-S teams are expected to arrive over the next few days.
The relief operation has shifted from rescue operations to the distribution of food and medical supplies.
If anything, this next phase is more u-r-g-e-n-t.
There is a desperate need for clean water, food and medical provisions.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"What we understand is that the rescue work is actually complete so we now go out and do needs assessment to see exactly what people need to stay alive, to help them to prevent disease."
SUPER CAPTION: Anne Mary McDonald, Volunteer British Rescue Services
A total of 37 helicopters and 15 planes delivered aid on Sunday, mostly in the Limpopo River valley, 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of the capital Maputo.
But operations are now also concentrating on the northern region of Mozambique, around the delta plains of the Save River and near the country's second city of Beira.
The South African air force and helicopters - operated by the so-called "Chopper Boys" - conducted the first aid drops in the region on Sunday .
Hunger is their most pressing concern, as an estimated 250-thousand people crowd into 64 ill-equipped camps.
There are many people trapped on islands in the delta.
Some of them don't want to leave because the waters are going down and others have heard that conditions in the camps are even worse.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We are operating from Beira airport on the Save River and cover about a 500 kilometres square area. The rescue phrase is now at an end and we're busy with the refeeding, the medication and relocation of displaced people."
SUPER CAPTION: Chinki Petrus, Chopper Boys
More than 40 (m) million U-S dollars has already been pledged for emergency relief and reconstruction.
It's believed that people affected by the floods would need to be fed for at least 10 months - it will take that long to grow new crops.
Some 69 British boat crews are in Beira to help deliver aid to flood survivors in the Save River valley.
They will be joined by German and U-S helicopter and ground rescue teams on Monday.
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The aid effort in Mozambique has stepped up a gear, with more international response teams arriving to help in the rescue and relief operation.
The country's second city, Beira, is acting as a staging and distribution post for operations in the north of the country.
British crews are already working from Beira, while German and U-S teams are expected to arrive over the next few days.
The relief operation has shifted from rescue operations to the distribution of food and medical supplies.
If anything, this next phase is more u-r-g-e-n-t.
There is a desperate need for clean water, food and medical provisions.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"What we understand is that the rescue work is actually complete so we now go out and do needs assessment to see exactly what people need to stay alive, to help them to prevent disease."
SUPER CAPTION: Anne Mary McDonald, Volunteer British Rescue Services
A total of 37 helicopters and 15 planes delivered aid on Sunday, mostly in the Limpopo River valley, 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of the capital Maputo.
But operations are now also concentrating on the northern region of Mozambique, around the delta plains of the Save River and near the country's second city of Beira.
The South African air force and helicopters - operated by the so-called "Chopper Boys" - conducted the first aid drops in the region on Sunday .
Hunger is their most pressing concern, as an estimated 250-thousand people crowd into 64 ill-equipped camps.
There are many people trapped on islands in the delta.
Some of them don't want to leave because the waters are going down and others have heard that conditions in the camps are even worse.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We are operating from Beira airport on the Save River and cover about a 500 kilometres square area. The rescue phrase is now at an end and we're busy with the refeeding, the medication and relocation of displaced people."
SUPER CAPTION: Chinki Petrus, Chopper Boys
More than 40 (m) million U-S dollars has already been pledged for emergency relief and reconstruction.
It's believed that people affected by the floods would need to be fed for at least 10 months - it will take that long to grow new crops.
Some 69 British boat crews are in Beira to help deliver aid to flood survivors in the Save River valley.
They will be joined by German and U-S helicopter and ground rescue teams on Monday.
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