Site profiles conducted by DTM teams in Chimanimani 14th May 2019 in 6 displacement sites.

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Zimbabwe on 15 March 2019 and the country experienced floods and sustained heavy rains.

From the 23rd to the 27th of April 2019 IOM, in close coordination with the Government of Zimbabwe conducted baseline assessments in Nyanga, Mutasa, Makoni, Mutare Urban, Chiredzi Rural and Urban districts.

From the 16th to the 18th of April 2019 IOM, in close coordination with the Government of Zimbabwe conducted baseline assessments in Bikita, Gutu, Masvingo Rural and Zaka districts. 9,859 IDPs (2,059 households)* were reported across the 4 affected districts.

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Zimbabwe, on the 15 of March 2019.

Tropical Cyclone Idai hit eastern Zimbabwe on 15 March 2019. As of 21 March 2019, according to Zimbabwe’s Ministry for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting, the death toll has reached 139 individuals and 189 individuals are still missing in the wake of the flooding caused by the storm.

Assessments were conducted in four wards affected by flooding in the country from 1 to 12 October 2018, which identified 2,343 IDPs (476 HH) and 707 Migrants (355 HH). Of the 476 IDP head of households interviewed, 47% were male and 53% were female.

Zimbabwe is prone to rapid and slow onset disasters of both natural and man-made origins that have repeatedly caused several devasting effects and triggered population displacement.