EIGHT Mozambican rescue workers have drowned on the Limpopo river in the floodstricken southern province of Gaza, taking the death toll across Mozambique to at least 67. Radio Mozambique said the eight died on Thursday when their boat capsized due to strong waves in the Gaza district of Guija. They were members of the district commission on floods including two policemen. The recorded total death toll from the latest floods after the worst rains in the southern African state since 1951 had risen to 67. The floodwaters which have displaced more than 150000 across the country in recent days, have turned thousands of hectares of agricultural and cattle fields into huge lakes. Authorities fear that as many as 800000 people could be affected countrywide by the flooding and needing urgent humanitarian aid.