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Mozambique
US helps Mozambique prepare for, and recover from, floods
4 Dec 2009, USAID
With reports from USAID’s Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET), that uses satellite imaging to spot rising flood waters, the National Disaster Institute has set up a way to cope with floods and sends out alerts to even the most distant rural families through community radio stations....
National Platform
- National Policy & Plans
- Moçambique: Conselho coordenador de gestão de calamidades - plano de contingência para a época 2006/72006, Mozambique - gov
- Mozambique: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, Natl Inst for Disaster Management, Mozambique - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Mozambique: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, Min of Planning and Dev, Mozambique - gov
- Mozambique: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2007)2007, Mozambique - gov
- Other Development Reports
- Mozambique: Common country assessment - CCA (2000)2000, UNDG
- Mozambique: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2009)2009, IMF; Mozambique - gov; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 233,559 |      |
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| Drought | 1,356,890 |  |
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| Flood | 114,760 |  |
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| Landslide | 568 |  |
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| Earthquake | 23,309 |     |
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| Tsunami | 8,540 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1981 | 4,750,000 |  |
| Flood | 2000 | 4,500,000 | |
| Drought | 1991 | 3,300,000 | |
| Storm | 1994 | 2,502,000 | |
| Drought | 2005 | 1,400,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Learning to live with floods: a guide to reduce vulnerability in areas susceptible to flooding2007, Mozambique - gov; UN-HABITAT
- Construir com os ventos: guiăo de construí para zonas de risco de ciclone2007, Natl Inst for Disaster Management, Mozambique - gov; UN-HABITAT
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.