Mozambique cyclone guide¶

The Instituto Nacional de Gestão e Redução do Risco de Desastres (INGD) coordinates disaster risk management and the response to emergencies in Mozambique, and it coordinates the Centro Nacional Operativo de Emergência (CENOE), the national emergency operations centre in Maputo. The Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia de Moçambique (INAM) is the national weather service and issues weather warnings. Storms here are tropical cyclones, and the government calls the rainy and cyclone season the época chuvosa e ciclónica. Mozambique is on this one page.

Checked on October 10, 2026

Every phone number and web address on this page was checked against official sources on that date. Details can change, especially during a storm. Always follow instructions from the Instituto Nacional de Gestão e Redução do Risco de Desastres (INGD). In an emergency, call 119 for the police or 198 for fire. The UK government's travel advice also lists 112 for ambulance, fire, and police.

Provinces¶

Choose your province. Each page has the provincial disaster management delegation and local contacts.

These pages cover all of Mozambique.

What to know in Mozambique¶

INGD's annual contingency plan for 2025 to 2026 records that 15 tropical systems formed in the south-west Indian Ocean during the 2024 to 2025 rainy season and that three tropical cyclones reached the Mozambican coast: Chido in December 2024, Dikeledi in January 2025, and Jude in March 2025. This is a past event as the plan describes it.
INGD's 2025 to 2026 plan says the 2024 to 2025 season created a cumulative human impact of 2,426,901 people affected, 522,534 families, and 326 deaths, counting all hazards together and not only cyclones.
INGD calls the annual contingency plan the Government's main planning tool for multisectoral emergency response. On 21 September 2026 INGD began consolidating the plan for the 2026 to 2027 rainy and cyclone season in Matutuine District, Maputo Province.
INAM's public weather warning (Aviso Meteorológico para o Público) is the product that tells people about imminent significant weather such as heavy rain, strong wind, thunderstorms, cyclones, or heat waves, with the areas at risk and recommended precautions. INAM says it uses a colour system for wind and cyclone warnings.

Emergency and information numbers¶

Service	Number	Notes
Police	119	Polícia da República de Moçambique, listed as the emergency number on the Pemba Municipal Council's contacts page.
Fire	198	Listed as the fire number in the UK government's travel advice for Mozambique. The Pemba Municipal Council lists a local fire emergency line on the same contacts page.
Emergency (UK government advice)	112	The UK government's travel advice says to call 112 for ambulance, fire, or police, and to use the country numbers if the call does not connect.
INGD emergency line	+258-85-952-74-16	INGD's website says "Ligue: +258 85 952 74 16 Ou 21 477211/13" under Emergência. INGD also lists a Linha Verde (green line) as 823441.
INGD office, Maputo	+258-21-477-211	INGD lists this landline as 21 477211/13. Office address: Rua Gare de Mercadorias, nº 690, Av. das FPLM, Maputo.
INAM headquarters, Maputo	+258-21-491-150	Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Rua de Mukumbura 164, Maputo. Office line, not for emergencies.
EDM electricity emergency line (piquete 24 hours)	1455	Electricidade de Moçambique lists Piquete 24h 1455 on its website.

Official alerts and information¶

INAM alerts (Alertas CAP): INAM's page of weather alerts. Check the date and the area on each one. Website.
INAM public weather warnings: INAM's Aviso para o Público, listed by date. Website.
INGD: National news, emergency contacts, and annual contingency plans, in Portuguese. Website.

National resources¶

Plano de Contingência (INGD): INGD's annual contingency plans for each rainy and cyclone season, as PDF documents in Portuguese. Website.
Relatório das épocas chuvosas (INGD): INGD's season reports for 2017 to 2018 through 2023 to 2024. Website.
INAM provincial offices: INAM lists its provincial offices (Manica, Zambézia, Tete, Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Inhambane, Sofala, Gaza, Nampula) with addresses and phone numbers. Website.

For your province's contacts, choose your province above.

Evacuation centers¶

Open only when announced

Evacuation centers open only when officials announce them, and not every center opens for every storm. Check the official list of open centers before you leave home. Bring your own bedding, food, water, and medicines.

INGD's contingency plan describes temporary accommodation centres (centros de acomodação temporária) where families are moved during emergencies, with food assistance provided there. The plan does not give a public list of centres. Follow INGD, INAM, and your local authorities for where to go.

Radio, TV and weather¶

Keep a battery or hand crank radio. When power and cell service fail, radio is often the only way to hear official updates.

Official forecasts¶

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia de Moçambique (INAM): Mozambique's national weather service. Forecasts, warnings, and alerts. INAM's site links to Météo-France La Réunion for cyclone monitoring. Phone: +258-21-491-150. Website.
Météo-France La Réunion cyclone monitoring (RSMC La Réunion): The regional cyclone centre for the south-west Indian Ocean. INAM and INGD both link to it. Follow INAM and INGD for official alerts in Mozambique. Website.

Power, water and debris¶

Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM): Piquete 24h: 1455. Regional piquete numbers are listed on the contacts page. Keep away from fallen power lines. Website.

Sources¶

Checked on October 10, 2026. If a number or address here is wrong, please tell us at Keith@KMyers.me.