Summary: For over a week now, devastating floods caused by torrential rains have wrecked havoc in Malawi and Northern Mozambique. BBC news reported that some areas were deluged with a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours. Many lives were lost and over 200,000 people were displaced by floods. The Malawi authority started coordinating helicopter and boat relief efforts with local rescue non-profit organizations including our IRIS Malawi base. Mozambique’s national bridges and power infrastructure were washed away, leaving the northern third of the country without power and short of much needed supplies. Our base in IRIS Malawi is coordinating great efforts by boat to reach those stranded by the floods and are providing food, supplies and relief, thanks to your support. IRIS Relief plans to send pilots with our IRIS plane to fly into places unreachable by the floods with much needed relief and supplies. We plan to fly in this mid-Feb to join relief efforts in Malawi and Mozambique.
