Families flee rising floodwaters as climate crisis deepens Mozambique’s displacement emergency
MARIA João had minutes to decide what to save as muddy floodwaters surged through her home in southern Mozambique earlier this month. She grabbed her youngest child and ran, leaving behind everything else - including the identity documents her family would need to prove who they are. "We just ran to higher ground," she told aid workers. "Some children got separated from their parents. The elderly couldn't keep up." João is among nearly 400,000 people displaced by severe flooding that has swept across Mozambique since the new year began, the UN refugee agency reported. The deluge has transformed schools into…
