DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: In Africa, rescue workers are scrambling to help victims of severe floods in Mozambique. Helicopter crews have taken hundreds from the rising waters, but many more are still stranded. Terry Lloyd has more on what is a desperate situation.</s>TERRY LLOYD, ITN REPORTER (voice-over): The scramble for life goes on as around 100,000 stranded people wait for the few helicopters in use to reach them. Meanwhile, the devastating floodwaters continue to rise, making it an impossible task for rescue crews who must turn away more than they can carry aboard already overburdened aircraft. Britain is now on standby to offer further help, but the problem is getting helicopters and boats to the region in time. Without more helicopters and boats, tons of supplies cannot be ferried to the people who have made it to safe ground. As illness and disease set in, medicines, food and clean water are desperately needed. But existing transport is being used mainly for rescue missions. Five days ago, Mozambique's president appealed to the outside world for help. As yet, there's been a slow response to work side by side with relief agencies and South African air crews. Southern and central areas of the country are suffering their worst floods for more than 50 years. Whole towns and villages have been submerged, and the latest warning is that more swollen rivers will burst their banks. Terry Lloyd, ITN.
Rescuers Scramble to Help Victims of Severe Floods in Mozambique