Aid agencies struggle to rescue Mozambique cyclone victims

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BEIRA, Mozambique - Aid workers raced on Wednesday to help survivors and meet spiralling humanitarian needs in three southern African countries battered by the region's worst storm in years.

Survivor Aunicia Jose, 24, speaking in the district of Buzi near Beira, said,"The situation is very bad, we haven't eaten since Thursday, until today. "We do not yet know enough about the level of destruction to give an accurate estimate of the amount of this call for funds, but it will be important," spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.

FLOOD SHOCK Aid agencies said they were prepared for the cyclone which made landfall early Friday, but not for the massive floods that followed.Beira airport which was partially damaged by the storm and temporarily shut, had re-opened to become the relief operations hub but is proving not large enough.

"Mozambique and Zimbabwe are essentially unprepared. They both have weak governance that, honestly, focuses on many more pressing things . And because cyclones are so rare in this part of the world, so preparedness is minimal," Prof Mutter told AFP.

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