Mozambique: March cyclone caused nearly €1.6 million in losses for EDM

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Mozambique: March cyclone caused nearly €1.6 million in losses for EDM

1:02 CAT | 08 Aug 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo; EDM]

Mozambique’s state power utility Eletricidade de Moçambique (EDM) estimates losses of nearly 115 million meticais (€1.6 million) as a result of Cyclone Jude’s passage through the north of the country in March.

“Mozambique was hit by extreme weather events, most notably Tropical Storm Jude, which approached the mainland in the north of the country between March 10 and 12, 2025, causing damage to public and private infrastructure, including part of EDM’s power distribution network and other assets,” reads the company’s annual report, consulted by Lusa this Friday (08-08).

The EDM report adds that these losses were particularly felt in the areas of Nacala-a-Velha, Memba, Monapo, Nacoroa, Mussoril, Ilha de Moçambique, Liupo, Mongicual, and the district of Nampula, in Nampula province, “resulting in an estimated financial loss of approximately 114,555,845 meticais”.

“The board of directors does not expect these matters to have a material impact on the assessment of EDM’s going concern. Therefore, to this date, EDM’s medium- and long-term future prospects, which were incorporated into the impairment tests, remain unchanged and remain appropriate for assessing the Company’s going concern,” the state-owned power company further acknowledges.

Between December and March, the last cyclone season, Mozambique was hit by three cyclones, including Chido, the first and most severe. In addition to destroying thousands of homes and infrastructure, these cyclones caused approximately 175 deaths in the north and centre of the country.

The number of cyclones hitting Mozambique “has been increasing over the last decade”, as has the intensity of the winds, warns the Mozambique Climate Status 2024 report from the Institute of Meteorology (INAM), reported in late March by Lusa.

INAM states in the aforementioned document that, although the report refers to 2024, the Institute of Meteorology carried out an analysis of tropical cyclones that hit Mozambique in the cyclone seasons (November to April) from 1981-1982 to the current 2024-2025 one.

Source: Lusa