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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Crocodile warnings as floods devastate southern Africa

People walk through ankle-deep water carrying belongings
Displaced people carry belongings through a flooded area in Manhica district in Maputo, Mozambique. Photograph: Amilton Neves/Reuters

Devastating floods have killed more than 100 people in southern Africa since the beginning of the year and displaced hundreds of thousands, as authorities and aid workers warn of hunger, cholera and attacks by crocodiles that have spread with the waters.

More than 70 people have died in Zimbabwe and 30 in South Africa, where hundreds of people were evacuated from Kruger national park earlier this month after a deluge of rain.

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