Overall Orange Flood
in Mozambique

Flood impact summary

This flood is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1103694
Deaths: 169
Displaced: 102776
Region: Sofala Province, Zambezia Province, Mozambique, Massingir
Countries: Mozambique
From - To 22 Dec - 26 Jan
Known identifiers for this event: FL-2025-000228-MOZ

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS score click here.

Impact Assessement as of 22-01-2026

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 36 Mozambique Mozambique
death 21 Mozambique Mozambique
death 112 Mozambique Mozambique
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 75325 Mozambique Mozambique
affected 4000 Mozambique Massingir
affected 129167 Mozambique Mozambique
affected 432000 Mozambique Mozambique
affected 645781 Mozambique Mozambique
displaced 15000 Mozambique Mozambique
displaced 5727 Mozambique Mozambique
displaced 9000 Mozambique Sofala
displaced 60800 Mozambique Mozambique
displaced 12249 Mozambique Mozambique
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses damaged 728 Mozambique Mozambique
houses damaged 29618 Mozambique Mozambique
houses damaged 78500 Mozambique Mozambique
houses destroyed 8 Mozambique Massingir

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2025-12-15 / 2026-02-02  

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Timeline of revisions

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

IDLevelPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 169 deaths and 102776 displaced 22 Dec 2025 24 Dec 2025 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.