Mozambique Flood Impact on Population and Cropland, January 2026

WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system collected this data on a flood that occurred in Mozambique on Jan 20 2026. The event affected an estimated 243,419 people and 118,342 hectares of cropland. The dataset was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimate immediate humanitarian needs based on the reported population affected.
• Assess agricultural production loss based on the reported cropland area damaged.
• Map flood impact for disaster response coordination based on the geospatial file formats.
• Model socio-economic vulnerability by linking flood extent with population data.

Strengths

• Provides specific impact figures: 243,419 people affected and 118,342 hectares of cropland damaged.
• Sourced from WFP's operational ADAM system for disaster analysis.
• Includes geospatial (GEOTIFF) and tabular (XLSX) data formats for different analysis types.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping

Collection Method

Collected, analysed and mapped by the ADAM system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event date: January 20, 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:10:32.254063; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique