Maputo,.- At least 185 people have died and nearly 845,000 have been affected since last October by the torrential rains and floods in Mozambique, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD) reported this Wednesday in its latest update of figures on the disaster, a figure that also includes at least 59 deaths from cholera.
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In a statement published on its Facebook page, the INGD indicated that, from October 1, 2025 to February 4, 185 people died, 291 were injured and 11 are missing. In that time, 844,932 people have been affected by the inclement weather. In the period from January 9th to February 4th, the INGD has recorded 723,500 affected, 23 deaths, 147 injured and 9 missing, specifically due to torrential rains and floods. “The increase in the accumulated number of deaths since the rainy season began (i.e., since October, compared to deaths counted only since January) is due to cholera,” said INGD spokesman Paulo Tomás in statements to EFE. According to the latest data from the Mozambican Ministry of Health, as of February 2nd, at least 59 people had died of cholera in the provinces of Tete and Manica, in the center, and Nampula and Cabo Delgado, in the north, since last September. Last week, the authorities in Maputo, the capital, received 90 tons of humanitarian aid from the European Union (EU). Likewise, the Spanish Government has sent humanitarian aid to the African country worth 106,058 euros and has deployed a water purification module that should supply up to 15,000 people per day with drinking water. The Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc of 16 countries, deployed its Emergency Response Team to assist Mozambique and South Africa following the recent floods and extreme weather conditions that have caused deaths, infrastructure damage, and disruptions to essential services in those countries. In Mozambique, floods affected the central and southern regions, particularly the provinces of Gaza, Maputo, Sofala, Inhambane, and Manica, leading the Government to declare a red alert on January 16th and request humanitarian assistance. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) last Friday, the floods have caused the displacement of some 392,000 people since the beginning of the year, an exodus that adds to that caused by jihadist violence in the north of the country, which forced more than 300,000 people to abandon their homes in the last quarter of 2025 alone. The heavy rains and floods recorded since mid-December 2025 have affected some 1.3 million people in southern Africa, destroying homes and critical infrastructure and disrupting access to health services, increasing the risk of waterborne and mosquito-borne diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated this Friday. Approximately half of those affected live in Mozambique, according to the WHO.
