HIGHLIGHTS
- One month after the Government declared a Red Alert on 03 January 2008 the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) reports that approximately 99,514 people have been moved to resettlement centres.
- In some monitoring stations water is above the flood peak level of 2001 and 2007 floods.
- The first spillway of the Kariba dam will be opened on 11 February leading to more water in the Cahora Bassa dam.
- As of 05 February the Cahora Bassa Dam is discharging at 3,900 cubic meters per second.
The information contained in this report has been gathered by the Office of Resident Coordinator on behalf of the Mozambican Humanitarian Country Team from the Clusters and other sources including the Government of Mozambique. In occasion of the completion of a month from the declaration of the Red Alert, in this number we are reporting a consolidation of the first month of operations.
Situation Overview
The hydrographic basins in the central region of Mozambique; P=FAngue, B=FAzi, Save and Zambeze have been registering oscillations but remain at alert level; water levels of the Zambezi River in Caia are 3 meters above the flood alert levels, 28 cm above the peak flood levels of 2000/01. In the southern Limpopo River, Combomune station remains at alert level.
According to an official communiqué from the Zambezi River Authority released 04 February, one of the six floodgates of the Kariba Dam localized at the Zambia and Zimbabwe borders, on the Zambezi River, will be opened on 11 February. Discharges from the Kariba dam may contribute to increased water levels on the lower Zambezi River.
In most flood affected areas, road access has been a major constraint. In Caia: Caia/Magagade and Tchetcha/Sena roads are cut off. In the District of Chemba: Chemba/Chiramba, Chiramba/Senhab=FAzua and Mulima/Canxixe roads are cut off. In Nhamatanda the road 213 Tica/B=FAzi is cut off.
In Nhamatanda: the Nhampoca health center is inundated and 323 houses are destroyed. The primary schools of Nhanfitiquiri, Nhanfimbe and Bêbedo are also flooded, while in the District of Marromeu Nhane, Bauaze, Heróis Moçambicanos and Guija primary schools are currently under water.
Up to 17 resettlement centers are reported to be flooded. Rescue and evacuation operations are being conducted in the above mentioned inundated areas.
For more information, please contact:
Ndolamb Ngokwey, UN Resident Coordinator, Tel: +258 21 485158/59, ndolamb.ngokwey@undp.org
Giovanni Bosco, OCHA Emergency Coordination Officer / RCO, Tel: +258 842 300 4668, Bosco@un.org
Angelina Tivane, UN Emergency Coordinator Support Officer, RCO,Tel: +258 82 302 0860, angelina.tivane@undp.org
Luis Zaqueu, UN Communication Officer, RCO, Tel: +258 82 308 2470, luis.zaqueu@undp.org