More than 32,000 homes and businesses in several districts in the provinces of Zambézia, Sofala, Manica and Tete, central Mozambique, are without electricity as a result of the heavy rain and wind that is being felt.

The information was released this Tuesday by EDM in a statement.

According to Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the bad weather in some parts of the center of the country caused five medium voltage poles to fall, interrupting the power supply to 32.703 customers in the districts of Morrumbala, Derre, Mopeia, Luabo, Inhassunge, Chinde, in Zambezia province, Inhaminga, Chemba, Caia and the administrative post of Chupanga, in Sofala province, Tambara, in Manica province, and Mutarara, in Tete.

"EDM's technical teams have been deployed on the ground to restore the normal electricity supply to the affected areas. However, the rain is hampering the work," acknowledged EDM.

At the end of last year, the company operated a medium-voltage distribution network of 22,992 kilometers and a transmission network of 6,355 kilometers with 15,906 towers.

According to EDM, quoted by Lusa, of the 416 administrative posts in the country, 318 are connected to the National Electricity Grid, which represents a coverage rate of 76% across the territory.