Informes

OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS In March and April 2019, Mozambique was hit by two consecutive tropical cyclones that left a trail of death, damage and destruction in their paths. In March, the Tropical Cyclone Idai weather system’s…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Following Cyclone IDAI, the Minister of Economy and Finance, on behalf of the Government of Mozambique (GoM), requested technical assistance from the World Bank (WB) on March 27 2019, through the Global Facility for Disaster…

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2019 — The World Bank approved today an International Development Association (IDA) grant in the amount of $115 million equivalent to increase access to sanitation services in the cities of Maputo, Beira, Nampula,…

Current Situation A Category 3 Cyclone made landfall in Mozambique on March 14, 2019 with gale force winds of up to 140km per hour leaving a trail of destruction and flooding as it continued into Zimbabwe. Cyclone…

KEY FIGURES DEATHS CLASSROOMS DAMAGED 480 HOUSES DAMAGED >44,900 CROPS DAMAGED >55,400ha SUMMARY OF THE CRISIS & RESPONSE On 25 April, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in northern Mozambique, bringing a path of destruction and damage to the Cabo Delgado and Nampula…

OVERVIEW On the night of 14 to 15 March 2019, Tropical Cyclone IDAI made landfall in central Mozambique. The cyclone brought torrential rains and winds affecting mostly the Provinces of Manica, Sofala and Zambézia, causing flash flooding…

HIGHLIGHTS More than 1.62 million people have been reached with food assistance in Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia provinces following the devastating passage of the Cyclone Idai weather system through Mozambique in March. The number of people sheltering…

INTRODUCTION Primary data was collected from 18 schools in Buzi and Beira districts as part of the effort to assess the extent of damage caused by cyclone Idai. These schools assessed are in Bandua and in the…

HIGHLIGHTS The first airlifts of supplemental USAID-funded relief supplies for the Tropical Cyclone Kenneth response arrive in Mozambique USAID announces more than $5.8 million in additional support to respond to tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique GRM reduces…

Executive Summary On 14 March 2019, Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira City, leaving devastating loss of life and large-scale destruction of assets and infrastructure. In the days that followed, entire villages were submerged as floodwaters…