Flood Death Toll Across Southern Africa Reaches 260
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The likely death toll from flooding and torrential rain in Mozambique, Malawi and the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar reached 260, with about 360,000 people driven from their homes.
Seventy-one people have died in northern and central Mozambique, with 80,000 displaced, Rita de Almeida, spokeswoman for the country’s National Disaster Management Institute, said on Monday by phone from the capital, Maputo.