Police are searching for 18 missing children.

The deluge has displaced nearly 20 000.

Seven people died trying to cross the Licungo river in the Zambezia province.

Four more died when their car was swept away.

Three people were killed by lightning in the northern Niassa province.

Police are also searching for 18 children who went missing in the Mocuba region near the Licungo river.

Flooding has also damaged one of the main roads connecting the north and south of the country. Emergency services are using boats to access flood victims.

Mozambique’s governments’s issued a red alert for disaster readiness for the central and northern provinces. The government also urged people in low-lying areas to find shelter on higher ground.

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