Severe flooding across Mozambique between March 1 and 21, 2026, left at least 37 people dead and affected 137 983 people as heavy rainfall and elevated river levels impacted several provinces. The flooding caused displacement, infrastructure damage, and access constraints, while continued rainfall maintained flood risk in multiple river basins.
Flooding during Mozambique’s 2025–26 rainy season has left 223 people dead and affected 860 346 others nationwide since October 2025, according to the National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (INGD). Heavy rainfall, river overflows, and cyclone impacts have displaced more than 392 000 people, destroyed thousands of homes, and inundated over 554 000 ha (1.37 million acres) of agricultural land.
More than 200 people have died in weeks of torrential rain and severe flooding across southern Africa, with Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe bearing the worst impacts. The prolonged La Niña pattern has intensified the region’s rainy season, leaving widespread damage to homes, roads, crops and public infrastructure.
Tropical Cyclone Jude made landfall over the coast of Mozambique at around 06:00 local time (LT) on Monday, March 10, 2025. The system brought intense floods and strong winds leading to widespread flooding and damages across the affected regions.
Heavy rainfall affecting southern Mozambique since February 8, 2023, has caused widespread flooding, particularly in the capital Maputo and the rest of Maputo Province. The National Institute for Disaster Management has reported six deaths and two injuries, as well as significant material damage to homes, health centers, schools, and agricultural land.
Tropical Cyclone "Ana" made landfall over Mozambique on January 24, 2022, and continued moving west over Malawi while weakening and dissipating, but still dumping very heavy rain. At least 8 people have been killed in Mozambique and 4 in Malawi….
The passage of Tropical Cyclone "Ana" together with the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) caused prolonged heavy rains in Madagascar, leaving at least 34 people dead and more than 64 000 affected. Ana is the first named storm of the 2022 Southwest…
Persistent flooding in southern Mozambique has caused damage to around 4 200 homes and more than 54 000 ha (133 400 acres) of agricultural land. Heavy rains have been affecting the southern areas of the country, falling on grounds already saturated by downpours…
At least 22 people have lost their lives and 16 657 have been affected by natural calamities caused by severe weather in Mozambique since the beginning of October 2020. 16 657 people from 3 695 households have been affected by floods in the provinces of Manica,…
Heavy rains affecting Mozambique since December 2019 caused widespread floods, killing at least 28 people, injuring 66 and affecting more than 58 000. The number of affected people has reached 17 432 in Zambezia, 13 169 in Cabo Delgado, and 6 328 in Sofala– the top…
