Mozambique Continues Search and Rescue Efforts Amidst Severe Flooding. Maputo, Mozambique — Search and rescue operations are ongoing in Mozambique following weeks of heavy rains that have led to severe flooding, submerging farmland, homes, and infrastructure across the country. “
The rescue is ongoing, “Marcia Cossa, Acting Executive Director of ActionAid Mozambique, reported. “.
There are places where we cannot access, especially in Gaza province, and now there are some places from Manhica where we can only go through a boat because the road has been cut off by water.”
According to Mozambique’s Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, the floods have resulted in 103 deaths and displaced over 650,000 people. ActionAid has warned of the risk of cholera and other water-borne diseases in camps housing nearly 100,000 people.
The heavy rains and subsequent flooding have been exacerbated by human — caused climate change, which has worsened the intensity of extreme rainfall in the region.
A study by the World Weather Attribution revealed that the region experienced a year’s worth of rain in just 10 days, causing widespread damage to housing and infrastructure estimated to run into the millions of dollars.
The study, conducted by scientists worldwide using peer — reviewed methods, confirmed a “clear move toward more violent downpours “in the region.
It also highlighted the impact of the current La Niña weather phenomenon, which naturally brings wetter conditions in southern Africa but is now operating within a much warmer atmosphere. Izidine Pinto, a senior climate researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and co-author of the study, emphasized that the continued burning of fossil fuels is not only increasing the intensity of extreme rainfall but also turning events that would have happened anyway into something much more severe.
The situation remains critical as rescue efforts continue, with local authorities and international aid organizations working together to provide relief and support to affected communities.
Further details are expected as the situation develops.
*Additional reporting by ImNews | Sources consulted: 4*
