---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:53:45 -0500 From: William Minter <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [us-afr-network] More on Floods For your information. Contact sacmup if you want to receive updates. It seems to me that this should be used to put pressure on U.S. government for more action. From: "sacmup" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Updates on southern Africa flooding Date sent: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:10:43 +0200 Dear friends, Many of you will by now have heard through the public news media of the devastating effects of flooding in southern Africa in connection with two cyclones which have hit the region in the past three weeks. Especially effected have been eastern Botswana, northern South Africa, east and southern Zimbabwe, and south and central Mozambique. As we write this, thousands of people in Mozambique are still stranded on rooftops, treetops, rocks or small pieces of land protruding above the water and there is news of a wall of water moving down the Limpopo River which is likely within the next 48 hours to wash away these small places of refuge. Hundreds of thousands of people in the region have lost their houses, their belongings and their crops. Many groups of people who have managed to get to places of safety cannot be reached by relief agencies because roads and bridges have been washed away and air transport is in very short supply. Rains continue to fall daily in the region. The meteorological office is tracking a third cyclone which is curently off the northeast coast of Madagascar and which may be heading towards northern Mozambique. In addition, some of the large dams in South Africa and Zimbabwe are being opened to release water in an attempt to prevent the dams from breaking up. This released water is adding to the volume of the floods. In consultation with the churches on the ground working in this disaster in the four countries, we have offered to provide a communication service by producing an information update every two or three days. They are on the run day and night and have little time to communicate to fund-raisers and well-wishers about what is going on. We will therefore be in daily telephone contact with the churches on the ground in each of these effected areas and will send you frequent update bulletins which we hope will be helpful not only for your personal information but also for your efforts in raising support. With best wishes, Shirley DeWolf Southern African Churches in Ministry with Uprooted People Box 926 Mutare Zimbabwe tel: 263 20 66923 / 60403 fax: 263 20 60494 email: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please keep postings short and concise. Tell your friends that Africa Matters To Post a message, send it to: [log in to unmask] Tell others to subscribe by sending a blank message to [log in to unmask] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click.egroups.com/1/911/5/_/192352/_/951879295/ eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/us-afr-network/ http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------