Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) reported that 6,200 customers are without electricity due to torrential rains, particularly in the districts of Luabo and Chinde, in Zambézia province, central Mozambique.
According to data from the company cited by Lusa, the adverse weather conditions caused interruptions in the power supply. However, repair teams are on the ground and will restore electricity as soon as weather conditions allow.
Meanwhile, regarding the southern region of the country—specifically the provinces of Maputo and Gaza—EDM noted that more than 110,000 customers remain without electricity following floods caused by the current rainy season. “The most critical situation is recorded in the district of Xai-Xai, where around 88,000 customers remain without power, while in the city there are still about 13,500 affected consumers.”
Overall, the utility estimates that approximately 1,200 kilometers of medium-voltage lines have been affected or submerged, as well as around 900 kilometers of low-voltage lines, in addition to 94 substations. Despite the scale of the damage, losses are still estimated at around 4.9 million US dollars.
Updated data from the National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (INGD) indicate that since the start of the rainy season in October, 844,000 people have been affected nationwide, with 153 deaths and 254 injuries recorded. Given the severity of the situation, the government declared a nationwide red alert on January 16. Currently, 77 accommodation centers are active, sheltering 76,251 displaced people. Since January 7, a total of 229 health units, 316 schools, and five bridges have been damaged. In the agricultural sector, floods have affected 440,842 hectares of crops, of which 275,405 hectares have been declared lost, impacting 314,780 farmers. The death of an estimated 408,115 head of livestock—including cattle, goats, and poultry—has also been recorded.
The European Union, the United States of America, Angola, Portugal, Norway, Japan, and South Africa have already announced and delivered emergency humanitarian aid.
At the end of last year, the government approved the national contingency plan for the 2025–26 rainy season, valued at 14 billion meticais. However, it acknowledged that only 6 billion meticais of the required funds are currently available.
Mozambique is in the midst of the rainy season, a period marked by alerts for heavy rainfall and strong winds, particularly in the central and southern regions of the country, with authorities activating preventive measures against floods and inundations.
The country is considered one of the most severely affected by climate change, cyclically facing floods and tropical cyclones. During the most recent rainy period (2024–25), Mozambique was hit by Cyclones Chido, Dikeledi, and Jude, which caused at least 313 deaths, injured 1,255 people, and affected more than 1.8 million.
Extreme weather events caused at least 1,016 deaths in Mozambique between 2019 and 2023, affecting around 4.9 million people, according to data from the National Statistics Institute.
Source: Diário Económico
