**Acknowledgements**

We thank the Mozambique National Directorate of Water (DNA) in particular, Mr. Isac Filimone of DNA, who provided us with all the necessary data used in this study. We are also indebted to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs-Southern Africa (OCHA) for providing us with weekly update reports of floods in Southern Africa, particularly for the lower Limpopo River basin of Mozambique. Finally we thank the University of Limpopo for providing the resources that facilitated the production of this article.
