Woman gives birth atop mango tree to escape floods

A woman escaping flooding caused by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique gave birth in a mango tree.

Amelia, a single mother, gave birth to a baby girl while hanging onto the tree alongside her two-year-old son.

Speaking after being rescued, the mother of two revealed that they were stuck atop the tree for two days before being rescued.

"I was at home with my two-year-old son when suddenly, without warning, the water began to enter the house.

"I had no choice but to climb a tree, I was alone with my son," she said.

They were rescued two days later by neighbours.

Baby Sarah’s birth comes almost 20 years after another miracle baby, Rosita Mabuiango, was born up a tree during flooding in southern Mozambique.

Storms caused by the cyclone have killed more than 700 people.