Heavy rains cause flooding and waterlogging

KEY MESSAGES

Appeal history:

• Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF):
CHF 297,349 was initially allocated from the IFRC’s DREF to support the National Society to respond.

• This Emergency Appeal was launched on 22 February 2012 for CHF 2,728,741 to support the Mozambique Red Cross Society to assist 14,000 households (70,000 beneficiaries) for 12 months.
Emergency appeal operation update Mozambique: Storm and Cyclone

By Mabvuto Banda

NSANJE, Malawi, Oct 13 2012 (IPS) - For many women in Malawi’s disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to survive the cyclical flooding.

Twenty-four-year-old Chrissie Davie, a mother of four, saved two of her three children from drowning when water filled her house as she slept early this year.

GENEVA, 27 August 2012 - The flood-prone coastal city of Beira in Mozambique was named today as the winner of the first RISK Award, a collaboration between UNISDR, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Munich Re Foundation and the Global Risk Forum, Davos. The €100,000 prize for project implementation is funded through the Munich Re Foundation.

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 and revised on 22 June 20101, and in particular Article 72 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 of 14 May 2007 on the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund under the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement2, and in particular Articles 5.4 and 8 thereof;

Whereas:

Stressed food insecurity conditions continue in parts of semi-arid areas

Key Messages

• While the countrywide post-harvest food security assessments are expected over the next few months, food security appears to be generally stable in most of the country, including areas affected by dryness and floods. Food is available in the markets and food access is currently favorable for the majority of poor and very poor households.

Key Messages

• Food security conditions over most parts of Southern Africa remain satisfactory and conditions are expected to remain so throughout the Outlook period. The projected average to above-average maize harvests are assessed to be sufficient to meet the region’s requirements for the next six months and beyond.

• Current reports indicate that household food access has improved and increased on-farm food supplies have eased the pressure on local markets. Prices have stabilized, and in some cases, started dropping.

Total cost (US$): US$ 933 285
Duration: 01 May to 31 October 2012 (6 Months

Executive Summary

Since mid January 2012, Mozambique has been affected by severe seasonal weather including tropical storm Dando and tropical cyclone Funso. As a consequence, more than 40 people have been killed, and a total of 108,048 have been adversely affected. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture estimates that 123,000 hectares of cultivated land have been affected, of which 6,000 ha have been completely destroyed.

April 26, 2012, Maputo – Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a Japanese Global Corporation, announced today a USD 60,000 (sixty thousand dollars) cash donation to the United Nations Humanitarian Country team to aid relief efforts in the areas affected by the floods, cyclones and tropical storms which hit the central and southern coast of Mozambique in early 2012, affecting 108,048 people.