South Korea plans to provide humanitarian assistance worth US$300,000 to Mozambique hit by heavy floods earlier this month, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Torrential rains from Feb. 7 to 11 claimed 10 lives and left 16,588 displaced in the southeast African country, according to the Mozambican government.

"We hope this support will help Mozambicans affected by the floods stabilize their lives and damaged regions recover as soon as possible," the ministry said in a release.

Source: Yonhap News Agency