On a September night in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, I remarked to a colleague that the tidal wave of news that was then beginning to flood Washington would not likely recede until the next summer.
He said he anticipates "a floodof early emergency claims" beginning Monday, but hopes the tide may be lessened by claimants' ability to file and track their claim processing online.
Mozambican Foreign Minister Leonardo Simao warned that the rain of the past 48 hours could cause rivers to burst again and re-flood areas just beginning to dry out.