Overall Green alert Flood
in Mozambique

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102521
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Mozambique
From - To 12 Mar - 14 Mar

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Tropical Storm Filipo, Mozambique, March 2024Tropical Storm Filipo made landfall in Inhambane Province, Mozambique, on 12 March 2024. Following initial assessments of 13 March, INGD reported 577 families (2,780 people) affected, 7 injured, 510 houses damaged, 12 destroyed, and 43 people staying in evacuation centres in Inhambane Province. Local media reported 1 fatality. this was not confirmed by INGD. Heavy rain and some flooding was also reported in the capital Maputo.Wed 13 Mar 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 13 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Tropical Storm Filipo | Inhambane, Mozambique (update #2: 14 March 202 ... 2024-03-15T21:33+0100.

Attachments Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) estimates more than 525,000 people to be affected by the landfall of Tropical Storm Filipo directly impacting communities of Inhambane, Gaza, Sofala and Maputo from
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Big problems for little animals when floodwaters rise, study finds2024-03-14T15:29+0100.

Blantyre, MALAWI — When Cyclone Idai stormed Mozambique in 2019, researchers at Gorongosa National Park rode the current to test a long-held theory that the vulnerability of wildlife species to flooding is linked to their body size, dispers
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Tropical Storm Filipo | Inhambane, Mozambique (update: 13 March 2024)2024-03-13T22:55+0100.

Attachments Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) estimates more than 525,000 people to be affected by the landfall of Tropical Storm Filipo directly impacting communities of Inhambane, Sofala and Maputo from 12 Mar
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Mozambique: Severe Storm May Affect 525,000 People in Southern Mozambi ... 2024-03-13T20:57+0100.

Maputo The severe tropical storm "Filipo', which is expected to hit southern Mozambique over the next 72 hours, could affect at least 525,000 people, according to the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),