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SITUATION OVERVIEW
Tropical Cyclone Chido made landfall in northern Mozambique on 15 December 2024, impacting Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa provinces. The cyclone brought torrential rains of 250 mm within 24 hours, accompanied by winds gust reaching up to 260 km/h.
According to the National Institute for Natural Disaster (INGD), a total of 380,000 individuals (76,100 households) are estimated to be affected by the cyclone. Over 88,670 houses were completely or partially destroyed. Shelter, non-food items (NFIs), water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) kits and food are identified as being the most urgent needs for the affected population across affected provinces. Cabo Delgado province has been affected by conflict since 2017, and those districts affected by the cyclone are already suffering with multiple displacement due to the sporadic attacks/ conflicts. There are pre-existing vulnerabilities in the affected provinces not only due to the conflict but also due to the ongoing acute food insecurity with some location reporting IPC 4.
The rainy season in northern Mozambique has just started which may come with flooding of the areas and will continue until April 2025. With the above compounding factors, the response to support the affected households and communities is required urgently in order to foster their recovery and withstand further deterioration of the situation. IOM jointly coordinates with INDG, OCHA and the rest of the inter-agency efforts for an immediate response to those affected populations. Through this flash appeal, IOM seeks to mobilize USD 12,159,000 million over the next 6 months to assist 240,000 affected populations in Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa. IOM's ask is fully coordinated with the relevant clusters and it is part of the recent published interagency Flash Appeal for Tropical Cyclone Chido. IOM is participating in the ongoing Multi-cluster/Sector Initial Rapid Assessment being conducted.