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Heavy rainfall and flooding across central and southern Mozambique have triggered large-scale displacement, affecting approximately 700,000 people, including at least 392,000 displaced individuals, exposing them to severe protection risks. Across all affected provinces, around 100,000 people are currently sheltering in 100 temporary accommodation centres. The situation remains highly fluid, with further displacement anticipated as rains continue. Many affected people are sheltering in temporary accommodation centres or awaiting evacuation, placing acute pressure on already overstretched local services and emergency response capacities.
The rapid onset and scale of displacement, combined with overcrowded temporary accommodation centres, breakdown of public services and disrupted social support networks, have heightened protection risks. These include increased exposure to gender-based violence (GBV), sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), family separation, psycho-social distress and trauma, lack of civil documentation, and barriers to accessing essential services, with women and girls, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities disproportionately affected. This flooding emergency compounds the already severe, conflict-driven displacement in the north, which has significantly depleted humanitarian stocks. Local authorities warn that heavy rainfall and upstream river inflows are expected to continue in the coming week, increasing the likelihood of further flooding and displacement.