- Heavy rainfall continued to affect most of Mozambique (particularly the southern and the central provinces) over the period from 24 December to 26 January, causing severe floods that have resulted in an increasing humanitarian impact, with Gaza, Maputo, Inhambane and Sofala as the worst affected provinces.
- The National Disasters Management Institute (INGD) reports, as of 27 January, 70 fatalities, six still missing persons, 78 injured people, nearly 115,200 currently evacuated people in 123 accommodation centres and a total of approximately 786,000 affected people across the country. In addition, INGD also reports more than 4,000 destroyed houses and nearly 172,800 damaged houses countrywide.
- The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) was activated by UN OCHA for flooding and severe erosion on 19 January in the evening. The UCPM offered seven experts from three Member States. The Copernicus EMS was activated in rapid mapping mode (EMSR857) on 17 January, and 49 maps have been produced so far.
- The reliefEU flight arrived in Maputo during the night of 25 January, delivering nutrition, WASH, shelter, health, protection, and education items. The cargo will be transferred by vessel from Maputo to Xai-Xai today.
- Over the next 72 hours, no more rainfall is forecast over the southern and central provinces of the country, while moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast over northern provinces.
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