Mozambique: Electricity supply down for 501,000 people in three provinces

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Mozambique: Electricity supply down for 501,000 people in three provinces

8:45 CAT | 21 Feb 2025

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A total of 501,000 people in three of Mozambique’s provinces are experiencing electricity restrictions due to a breakdown in a high-voltage line caused by bad weather, state utility Eletricidade de Moçambique (EDM) announced on Thursday.

“Electricity supply restrictions have persisted since the night of 19 February, due to heavy rains and strong winds that caused a breakdown in the high-voltage line between Matambo and Chibata, in the center of the country,” reads a note from the company sent to the media.

The restrictions on the electricity supply are taking place in districts and neighborhoods in the provinces of Manica and Sofala, in central Mozambique, and in two districts of Inhambane, a province in the south of the country, the document said.

EDM said that teams from the company and also from the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Plant are already on the ground with a view to ensuring that the system is restored “as soon as possible.”

Mozambique is in the middle of the rainy season, which runs from October to April, a period in which two cyclones, Chido and Dikeledi, have already hit the north of the country.

The cyclones made landfall in December and January, with the greatest impact in the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, affecting around 736,000 people and causing the destruction of public and private infrastructure.

The southern African country is considered one of the most severely affected by global climate change, facing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, but also prolonged periods of severe drought.

Source: Lusa