Mozambique: Tropical Storm Eloise - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA)
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This DREF operation is being launched in response to Tropical Storm Eloise, which made landfall on early hours of 23 January 2021 near Beira City in Sofala Province, Central Mozambique. According to the National Institute of Meteorology of Mozambique (INAM), Eloise made landfall with sustained wind speed of up to 140km/h and gusts up to 160km/h and has brought heavy to intense rainfall to the coastal and inland areas. Other provinces being impacted are Inhambane and Gaza Provinces.
There are growing concerns regarding the potential for widespread floods, with all river basins in Sofala and Inhambane provinces already above alert levels before Eloise making landfall and more rains to follow in the coming days.
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Mozambique: Tropical Storm Chalane Flash Update (As at 30 Dec 2020)
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• Tropical Storm ‘Chalane’ made landfall in central Mozambique around 3 AM on 30 December with an approaching speed of 60 knots (111 km/hrs). The National Institute of Meteorology of Mozambique (INAM) graded the storm as Severe.
• Chalane hit Sofala and Manica Provinces, already heavily affected by Cyclone Idai (March 2019), considered one of the worst tropical cyclones to hit Africa. The weather system could subsequently move towards Zimbabwe and Botswana.
• Affected locations include resettlement sites where some 90,000 IDPs displaced by Cyclone Idai continue to live, many of them in tents and semi-permanent structures that have been either destroyed or damaged by Chalane.
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