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Southern Africa: Floods - Mar 2010

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During this period, the southern Africa region experienced floods caused by heavy rainfall resulting in death, displacement of thousands of people and widespread damage to property, crops and livestock. Infrastructure was destroyed, rendering access to a large number of communities impossible. The worst affected countries were Lesotho, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa (Southern Africa: Floods - Mar 2010)

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