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→According to the National Institute for Disaster and Risk Reduction Management, on March 6, 2025, a low-pressure system formed in the southwestern basin of the Indian Ocean, which evolved into a tropical cyclone called “JUDE”. It reached the continent on March 10, through the district of Mossuril in the province of Nampula, with strong and gusty winds (195Km/h) and intense rainfall (over 250mm/24h), affecting part of the districts in Cabo Delgado and Zambézia provinces. Its impact resulted in damaging of infrastructures, loss of life, injuring, displacing communities, increasing humanitarian needs in urban and rural settings.
→Humanitarian response capacities in the northern region are currently overstretched due to the impact of two prior cyclones, Cyclone Chido in December 2024 and Cyclone Dikeledi in January 2025. Following the formal activation of anticipatory actions for floods and cyclones by the Technical Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CTGD) on March 8, the CCCM response was initiated in Angoche and Mogincual on March 9. Readiness activities carried out by CCCM included pre-positioning cleaning and repair tools, disseminating readiness messages to communities, engaging with disaster risk reduction committees, and supporting INGD.
→Since the cyclone hit, accommodation centers have been formally activated in some districts of Nampula and Zambézia provinces by local authorities, and site management teams have been deployed to support initial needs assessments, coordination, and management. Assessments conducted and interviews with key informants at the district level by CCCM and DTM teams identified 59 temporary accommodation facilities across nine districts in Nampula (Meconta, Monapo, Angoche, Ilha de Moçambique, Mossuril, Muecate, Nacala-Porto, Rapale, and Mogincual) and 1 in Zambézia in Namacurra hosting affected populations. However, most of these sites have not yet been formally recognized as “accommodation centers” and are being indiscriminately treated as such by humanitarian partners. To ensure accurate mapping, classification, and effective assistance, strengthened collaboration is needed between the CCCM Cluster, CCCM/DTM teams, CLGRD, and local authorities.
→Several families are night commuters, seeking refuge in temporary accommodation facilities such as barracks, school rooms and yards, churches, mosques, unfinished buildings, health centers, and neighbors' yards while struggling to rebuild their homes or adapt makeshift shelters.
→Beyond the urgent needs for food, water, shelter, health services, non-food items, sanitation, hygiene, education and nutrition, there is a critical need to rapidly improve living conditions for the affected populations, including those in temporary accommodation facilities. This requires ensuring dignified living environments, strengthening coordination mechanisms, operate CFM and raising thematic awareness on key issues such as fire safety, PSEA, Linha Verde 1458, and cholera prevention. Additionally, installing basic services at reception areas, such as handwashing stations and communal toilets, is essential to reduce long waiting times for assistance and improve overall conditions. The recent cyclone has disrupted communities by damaging or repurposing schools as shelters, delaying children’s return to education. This highlights the need for coordinated efforts to support displaced families and education recovery. Partners are encouraged to engage proactively, coordinate bilaterally, and incorporate education-related needs into response plans to address the cyclone’s long-term impact.
→The CCCM Cluster regularly updates and maintains the list of temporary accommodation facilities in coordination with DTM and local authorities. However, as families continue to leave these sites, both planned and unplanned deactivations have occurred or are expected, often due to difficult conditions