Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) revealed on Tuesday, October 17, that more than 32,000 homes and businesses located in several districts of the provinces of Zambézia, Sofala, Manica and Tete, in central Mozambique, are without electricity due to the rain and strong wind.
“The bad weather has already caused five medium voltage poles to fall, leading to an interruption in the power supply in the districts of Morrumbala, Derre, Mopeia, Luabo, Inhassunge and Chinde, in Zambézia; Inhaminga, Chemba, Caia and the Chupanga Administrative Post, in Sofala; Tambara, in Manica; and Mutarara, in Tete,” said an EDM source, quoted by Lusa.
According to the company, several of its technical teams have been deployed on the ground, working to restore the normal electricity supply, stressing that the rain is affecting the work.
According to the company’s figures released in September, the cyclones that affected Mozambique in 2022 cost more than 23.8 million dollars, and the Mozambican electricity grid suffered “major damage” resulting in the fall of medium and low voltage power poles, causing the system to be unavailable and affecting around 300,000 customers.
By the end of 2022, Electricidade de Moçambique operated a medium-voltage distribution network of 22,992 kilometers and a transmission network of 6,355 kilometers with 15,906 towers. Of the 416 Administrative Posts in the country, 318 are connected to the National Electricity Network (REN), which represents a coverage rate of 76% throughout the country.
