The UN has warned it is running out of funds to help the 350,000 people in Mozambique in need of food aid.
The World Food Programme (WFP) told the BBC that seven of the country's 11 provinces face an acute problem because of poor harvests.
Central and southern regions have had less than half their normal rainfall since last October.
Now heavy downpours this week have caused flooding, killed 25 people and left thousands of others homeless.
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