Melting Glacier Ice Linked to Severe Droughts and Floods in Indian Ocean Region
A study led by researchers from Brown University in the US has found that melting ice from glaciers can lead to droughts and floods in East Africa and Indonesia. With…
Mozambique
Mozambique – Death Toll From Cyclone Gombe Rises to More Than 50
Over 50 people have now lost their lives in Mozambique as a result of severe conditions brought by Tropical Cyclone Gombe. Satellite imagery shows over 500 km2 of land in…
Mozambique – 12 Killed as Cyclone Gombe Brings Strong Winds and Torrential Rain
Disaster authorities in Mozambique report that at least 12 people have died after Cyclone Gombe swept across the country bringing winds of 165 km/h and rain of over 200mm in…
Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi – Tropical Storm Ana Death Toll Climbs
At least 70 people have now died after as a result of floods and severe weather in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi over the last few days. Flooding began after heavy…
Madagascar and Mozambique – Fatalities Reported After Tropical Storm Ana Triggers Floods
More severe flooding has struck in Madagascar after Tropical Storm Ana passed over the country from 22 to 23 January 2022. Two people died in floods in Mozambique after heavy…
Mozambique – Thousands of Homes Damaged After Floods in South
A low pressure system brought heavy rainfall to parts of southern Mozambique over the last few days, causing flooding in Maputo and Gaza Provinces. Local media reported on 15 February…
Storm Damage Worsens in a Warming World, Hiking Pressure to Adapt
BARCELONA, Jan 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More powerful storms are battering people and economies harder, with the poor suffering the worst losses, an annual climate risk index showed, as…
Southern Africa – Tropical Cyclone Eloise Triggers Floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Disaster authorities report that 6 people have died in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in Sofala Province early on 23 January 2021. Previously the storm caused wind damage…
Madagascar – Tropical Storm Eloise Leaves Homes Destroyed, Hundreds Displaced
Tropical Cyclone Eloise formed over the Indian Ocean on 17 January and moved towards Madagascar, making landfall close to the coastal town of Antalaha in Antsiranana Province, on 19 January,…
Madagascar – Tropical Storm Chalane Triggers Minor Flooding
Tropical Storm Chalane made landfall in Madagascar on 27 December, bringing heavy wind and rains, but limited damage, according to preliminary reports. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Mozambique – Flash Floods in Beira, Sofala Province, After Heavy Rain
Flooding has affected parts of Sofala Province after severe weather in Mozambique from 03 December 2020. Local media reported 128.4 mm of rain fell in the city of Beira, capital…
Mozambique – Storms and Floods Leave 22 Dead, Thousands Affected
The government in Mozambique reports that 22 people have died and 12 injured after heavy rains, and strong winds in several regions of the country since the beginning of October…
Mozambique – Floods Hit Central Provinces
Heavy rain has caused further damage and flooding in central parts of Mozambique just weeks after at least 28 people died and 58,000 were affected by by floods in January…
Mozambique – Floods Leave 28 Dead, 58,000 Affected, Says UN
At least 28 people have now lost their lives in recent flooding in Mozambique. According to a report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of…
Mozambique – More Flooding Hits Cabo Delgado
Heavy rainfall in northern Mozambique continues to cause havoc in the province Cabo Delgado. At least 6 people have now died in flood-related incidents in the province since late December,…
Mozambique – Thousands Affected by Floods in Cabo Delgado
Severe weather including heavy rain and flooding has left 5 people dead in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. Local media, quoting officials from Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades (INGC), said…
