PICS: Mom left heartbroken after losing both children in Mozambique floodwaters
A tear falls down the face of Maria Jofresse, 25, during an interview with Reuters at a camp for the displaced in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai. Picture: Reuters/Zohra BensemraMaria Jofresse, 25, and her mother Ester Thoma wash themselves in the water of the Muda River.Ester Thoma cooks at her damaged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, in the village of Cheia, which means "Flood" in Portuguese.
On the night of the storm, Jofresse took shelter at her mother-in-law's house with her husband and children, a 6-month-old baby and 4-year-old girl. On the morning of the fourth day, they found the body of their eldest, and in the afternoon, their lifeless baby. "You can come and live with me," her father, Joao Jofresse Ngira, interjected, distraught at his daughter's pain.It is not the first time she has lost a home. In 2000, when she was just 5, devastating floods destroyed her nearby village of Mashongo.
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