This report summarises information received from the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Mozambique. Considerable amounts of rain fell in the Zambezi catchment area last week, including Tete and the lower Zambezi valley. Water levels have been fluctuating, due to continuing rains and subsequent overflowing upstream of the Zambezi River. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the early part of this week.
Evacuations continue by boat in the Zambezi valley.
The operations are being carried out by the Mozambican navy and by a Portuguese civil protection team. Consequently, the numbers of displaced people in accommodation centres are increasing by 500-700 people per day. Growth of populations in accommodation centres is of great concern, as it stretches capacity to respond to humanitarian needs. Continuing rain is aggravating conditions further. There are 124 accommodation centres, but the number is decreasing, due to merging and consolidating smaller centres to facilitate logistics.