- Following the activity of tropical cyclone CHIDO that crossed Mayotte island on 14 December and made landfall approximately 30 km south of Pemba city, Capo Delgado province, north-eastern Mozambique, on 15 December, the humanitarian impact is increasing. On 16 December at 6.00 UTC, the centre of the cyclone is located in southern Malawi with maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h (tropical storm).
- According to the Inter-ministerial Crisis Management Operational Center (COGIC) and media, in Mayotte 19 people died, more than 830 have been injured (24 seriously injured), 100,000 have been sheltered in 70 emergency centres and 15,000 others experienced power outages. In Comoros, minor damage to crops has been recorded while in Mozambique the amount of damage is under evaluation. The National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management of Mozambique (INGD) reports that the districts that are the worst affected are Mecufi (Capo Delgado province) and Memba (Nampula province).
- On 16-17 December, CHIDO is forecast to weaken as a tropical depression, it will cross southern Malawi and north-western Mozambique and dissipate over north-eastern Zimbabwe. For the next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast over most of northern Mozambique, southern Malawi and north-eastern Zimbabwe.
- The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) was activated in rapid mapping mode for Mayotte (EMSR780) and for Mozambique (EMSR781).
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