Southern and Eastern Africa

HIGHLIGHTS: Since mid-December 2025, heavy rainfall and cyclones across Southern Africa have affected an estimated 1.5 million people, with over 300 deaths and more than 170,000 people displaced, primarily in Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa and Zambia. Successive cyclones…

HIGHLIGHTS Widespread rains and flash floods have continued across Southern Africa since mid-December, with an estimated 300 people killed and nearly 800,000 affected, mainly in Eswatini, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Some parts of Southern Africa…

OVERVIEW Southern Africa has transitioned from the 2023-24 El Niño–driven drought to 2025-26 La Niña-related heavy rains and flash floods, affecting Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia, and impacting nearly 1.9 million people by mid‑February.…

Since mid-December, exceptionally heavy and persistent rains, fueled by climate change and La Niña conditions, have triggered devastating floods across Southern Africa, affecting nearly 940,000 people and claiming hundreds of lives. Mozambique is the worst affected,…