Humanitarian organizations are making frantic efforts to assist thousands of Mozambicans recently displaced by floods that killed at least 14 people.

The northern provinces were hit by a tropical depression which brought heavy rains.

A total of 80 000 people were affected in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa.

In Nampula, following a government request, the World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food support to 37 000 people.

WFP and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with assistance from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), are assisting the districts with the highest levels of displacements.

The organizations are currently implementing resilience support through food and vouchers for asset creation.

The most vulnerable populations, including children under the age of five, pregnant and breastfeeding women, women of child bearing age and people living with HIV, are a priority.

Mozambique is prone to drought and floods.