About 1.5 million Zambians may have to flee their homes because of floods in southern Africa that have cut off vast areas of Zimbabwe and killed six people in Mozambique. Zambian state television showed people carrying beds, chickens and goats above their heads as they moved through surging waters. Half of the country has been put on alert. Tens of thousands are at risk in the region after heavy rain, said the United Nations which was consulting with governments on Tuesday to assess the flood damage. Mozambique officials said six people had died. Authorities in Zambia and Zimbabwe said there had been casualties but could not be specific, Reuters reported.
