Mozambique - Severe weather and floods, update (INGD, INAM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 January 2026)

Very heavy rainfall has been affecting most of Mozambique (mainly the central provinces of Sofala and Zambezia), causing widespread floods that have resulted in an increasing humanitarian impact.

As of 14 January, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGD) reports 38 fatalities (of whom 11 across the Gaza province and ten in the Manica province), 25 injured people, approximately 12 250 currently evacuated people in 23 accommodation centres and a total of nearly 145 000 affected people (of whom more than 29 500 in the Buzi district, Sofala province, and over 7 250 in the Maganja da Costa district, Zambezia province) across the country. In addition, INGD also reports 2 983 destroyed houses, 23 600 damaged houses, nine damaged health facilities and four damaged bridges countrywide.

Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall, accompanied at times by severe thunderstorms and winds with strong gusts, is forecast over most of the country (except the far north), mostly affecting the southern provinces.