THE Mozambican government has launched an emergency appeal for $12,4-million to assist victims of flooding and to repair damage to the country’s infrastructure by this year’s heavy rains. The appeal covers flooded areas in Inhambane in the south and in the central provinces of Sofala, Tete and Zambezia. In the usually semi-arid Inhambane province a cyclone in February caused the Govuro river to burst its banks, washing bridges and roads away and cutting off two towns, Vilanculo and Inhassoro, where many South African tourists were stranded.