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00:00 Crowds gather in this parking lot in Gatumba, eastern Burundi, in the hope to be relocated
00:06 to higher ground.
00:08 Although they're likely to stay in makeshift camps due to a lack of resources, these roughly
00:12 two thousand people will finally sleep on dry ground for the first time in months.
00:19 We thought the state had abandoned us.
00:22 Thank goodness for that slight improvement, to have a place to rest.
00:26 I've been living like a nomad for years.
00:31 In Burundi, one of the world's poorest countries, 80% of its population works in agriculture
00:37 and rising waters have spared neither homes nor fields.
00:40 At least 29 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced since the start of the
00:45 rainy season in September last year, worsened by the El Nino weather pattern.
00:50 Authorities are calling for international financial aid to support relief and reconstruction
00:54 efforts.
00:55 The wish of the state is to save you from these floods.
01:02 You know there have been people killed by animals, crocodiles and hippopotamuses.
01:06 We don't want that to happen again.
01:09 There is work that will continue.
01:11 We will help the students to continue their studies, especially those taking exams.
01:17 Burundi isn't the only country affected in the region.
01:20 Hundreds of people have died across the Horn of Africa and tens of thousands have been
01:24 displaced since the beginning of the year.