'I wanted to die': survivors recount Mozambique flood terrorBy Silaide MUTEMBAManhi�a, Mozambique (AFP) Jan 28, 2026Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique. "I wanted to die because of the labour pains and the conditions," the 17-year-old told AFP in a village in the province of Maputo. The child was named after Rosita Salvador, whose mother gave birth in a tree that she climbed to escape devastating flooding in Mozambique in 2000. "The car I was travelling in almost overturned because of the fury of the waters," she told AFP. Related LinksBringing Order To A World Of DisastersWhen the Earth QuakesA world of storm and tempest