Severe flooding in Xai-Xai would sever the main road connection between the north and south of the country, the AFP reports.

BBC: UN: Floods displace 70,000 and kill 36 in Mozambique

In Xai-Xai, about 2, 500 families, out of 40, 000 displaced people, have so far been allocated new plots to build homes and grow vegetables.

ECONOMIST: Lining up for a new life

It will take months to rebuild properly the tarmac route between Maputo and Xai-Xai, but a bumpy dirt road reopened at the end of April.

ECONOMIST: Lining up for a new life