The meteorological center of Reunion Island is keeping the possibility of flooding in Mozambique on alert even though tropical storm Ana, which hit the north of the country on Monday, has turned into a depression.

"Depression Ana continues to cross Mozambique and is now near southern Malawi, just over 200 kilometers northwest of Quelimane [Zambezia province]," according to a weather bulletin issued by the center.

The Center, which tracks the progress of the depression says that it now moves westward as it loses its strength.

However, the risk of strong wind and heavy rain remains in central and northern Mozambique, he warned.

The National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) has reported two deaths, a mother and daughter, who were swept away by the rising waters of the Licungo River in Mocuba, Zambezia.

There are also 49 people injured due to falling infrastructure, a scenario that mainly affects the riverside areas of the major rivers, as well as the coast of Nampula province.

Faced with a risk of having 500,000 people affected in the worst-case scenario of the storm (which seems ruled out by the forecasts), 120,000 would be women of reproductive age and 14,000 pregnant, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

In the current storm season, not counting the impact of Storm Ana, at least 14 people have died and another 53,269 have been affected by natural disasters, according to the latest INGD report.