Mozambique Flood Impact Assessment for March 2025

WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system provides geospatial and socio-economic information on a flood that occurred in Mozambique on Mar 15 2025. The event affected an estimated 436,040 people and 49,593 hectares of cropland. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.

Use Cases

• Estimate population displacement and humanitarian needs based on the reported 436,040 affected people.
• Assess agricultural damage and food security implications based on the reported 49,593 hectares of affected cropland.
• Map flood extent and severity for emergency response planning based on the geospatial nature of the data.
• Model socio-economic vulnerability to flooding based on the integrated socio-economic information mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Provides specific impact figures: 436,040 people and 49,593 hectares of cropland affected.
• Produced by an authoritative operational system (WFP's ADAM) for humanitarian emergencies.
• Data is georeferenced, as indicated by the GEOTIFF file format.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the event occurred in 2025 but metadata was updated in 2026.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping

Collection Method

Collected, analysed and mapped via the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event date: Mar 15 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:04:51.783291

Geography

Mozambique