Tropical Cyclone Chido - Dec 2024
Disaster description
Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to make landfall in Pemba in the early hours of Sunday, 15 December, with the intensity of an Intense Tropical Cyclone.
A number of provinces in the norther part of the country are forecasted to be impacted, primarily Cabo Delgado and Nampula, but also Niassa, Tete and, to a lesser extent, Zambezia.
Heavy rains (up to 200mm/24h) and strong winds (up to 120 km/h) are forecasted over the period 15-17 December; Chido has the same intensity of Tropical Cyclones Gombe (2022) and Freddy (2023).
The WFP-managed Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system indicates that 1.7 million people are exposed to the Tropical Cyclone Chido, including a million people in Cabo Delgado who could be impacted by winds of more than 120 km/h.
The Government-led Technical Council for Disaster Management met in Maputo on 12 December and informed that al river basins are currently below the alert levels. However, several basins around the at-risk areas might reach alert levels. Pemba City is at risk of urban floods, specifically the following areas: Bairro Cariaco, Alto Chuiba, Eduardo Mondlane, Natite, Ingonane, Paquetequete, Carioca.
There are concerns that due to cyclone Chido, the ongoing cholera outbreak in Nampula (283 cases and 21 deaths reported, as of 11 December) might deteriorate further. (OCHA, 13 Dec 2024)
