Mozambique Flood Impact on Population and Cropland, March 2025

155,410 people and 13,982 hectares of cropland were affected by a flood in Mozambique on March 12, 2025. The data is provided by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimate immediate humanitarian needs based on the reported affected population of 155,410 people.
• Assess agricultural and food security impacts based on the reported 13,982 hectares of affected cropland.
• Map the geographic extent of the flood event using the provided GEOTIFF files.
• Support post-disaster recovery planning by quantifying the scale of population and agricultural disruption.

Strengths

• Quantifies impact with specific figures: 155,410 affected people and 13,982 hectares of affected cropland.
• Data originates from WFP's operational ADAM system for disaster analysis.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's row count and internal structure are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific event and reporting system.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by WFP's ADAM system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event date: March 12, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:04:54.760170; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique