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From: TimF	8/18/2006 9:55:48 AM
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Ethiopia floods cut off thousands Thousands of flood victims remain stranded in drastic circumstances in south-west Ethiopia, relief staff say. The River Omo burst its banks at the weekend, causing huge floods. About 900 have died in floods in several regions of Ethiopia in the past two weeks. Poor weather and surging currents are hampering relief operations from the Arba Minch army base in the south-west. One helicopter pilot said he had spotted 1,000 marooned people but had been unable to land to rescue them. "Lack of access is having a significant impact on the ability of helicopters to move... where they are able to fly, they drop floating tubes," Vincent Lelei, deputy head of mission for the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs OCHA told Reuters news agency. Rivers rising There are fears that flooding will worsen. "For the next two weeks the rains are still intensifying and the rivers are filling up and rising," Lelei said. "The likelihood of more flooding is there and the likelihood of more suffering is there." Local Ethiopian officials are appealing for assistance. The disaster co-ordinator in the Omo region, Deftalgne Tessema, told the BBC's Network Africa programme that despite help from the federal government and the UN, so far just 14 motorboats were trying to evacuate people from islands cut off by the swollen waters. "The boats very small. We are trying our best," he said Flooding often hits low-lying parts of Ethiopia between June and September, when heavy showers fall on dry regions. But correspondents say the situation is much worse this year... news.bbc.co.uk

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