Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
The Mozambique floods 2000
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Tue Aug 19 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
THE MOZAMBIQUE FLOODS 2000 Introduction In January and February 2000, terrible floods hit the whole of South Africa, but Mozambique was one of the worst affected areas, creating many problems that were later to affect Mozambique. These floods caused many problems for Mozambique with infrastructure being seriously damaged and there were great effects on the people, the economy and the society. The Causes The floods that devastated Mozambique were mainly down to a long period of heavy rain. Over 1,100 mm of rain fell in February - this was the equivalent of more than 75% of Mozambique's annual rainfall falling over the space of just a few days. The heavy rain then continued to fall for over four weeks and even when rescue operations began, torrential rain continued to pour. Prior to this rainfall, there had been a long dry spell further increasing the chances of a flood due to the surfaces acting like...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 149,967 others
