Overall Green alert Flood for Mozambique
in Mozambique

Flood impact summary

Flood Mozambique is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1100318
Deaths: 11
Displaced: -
Region: Cabo Delgado, Cabo Delgado Province, Ancuabe
Countries: Mozambique
From - To 26 Dec - 26 Dec
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

Impact Assessement as of 26-12-2019

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 5 Mozambique Cabo Delgado, Cabo Delgado Province
death 1 Mozambique Mozambique LNG Project, Cabo Delgado Province
death 5 Mozambique Mozambique LNG Project, Cabo Delgado Province
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 8600 Mozambique Cabo Delgado, Cabo Delgado Province
affected - Mozambique Mozambique LNG Project, Cabo Delgado Province
displaced - Mozambique Zambézia, Zambezia province
injured 51 Mozambique Cabo Delgado
injured 51 Mozambique Mozambique LNG Project
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses damaged 1700 Mozambique Cabo Delgado, Cabo Delgado Province
houses damaged - Mozambique Mozambique LNG Project, Cabo Delgado Province
SENDAI Indicator D N Country Location Info
bridges destroyed 1 Mozambique Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado Province
bridges destroyed 1 Mozambique Mozambique LNG Project, Cabo Delgado Province
education - Mozambique Cabo Delgado

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2019-12-19 / 2020-01-02  

Thursday 19/12Friday 20/12Saturday 21/12Sunday 22/12Monday 23/12Tuesday 24/12Wednesday 25/12Thursday 26/12Friday 27/12Saturday 28/12Sunday 29/12Monday 30/12Tuesday 31/12Wednesday 01/01Thursday 02/01

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 5 deaths 26 Dec 2019 26 Dec 2019 GLOFAS
2 6 deaths 26 Dec 2019 26 Dec 2019 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.