Tropical cyclone Eloise plowed a path of destruction through Mozambique the weekend, according to the first official report on the disaster.

Winds of up to 90 MPH hit Mozambique's Sofala coastal province on Saturday morning, with the region's boozy district hit particularly hard and damage reported in bearer.

The port city was the epicenter of destruction nearly two years ago from Cyclone E DI, which went on to kill more than 1000 people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

On Sunday, Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction said Eloise had injured a dozen also people and displaced around 7000 boozy resident tomorrow.

Brok said on Sunday that she had been waiting to be evacuated since the day before but had not been able to board a boat way.

We've left everything behind.

We only have the clothes we were.

We're sleeping on the road under the rain or show over.

Nearly 340,000 acres of crops have been ruined and schools and hospitals destroyed and damaged.

More than 1000 homes were completely destroyed over 3000 partially destroyed and another 1500 flooded, the agency said.

Eloise weakened on Sunday as it moved inland to dump rain on Zimbabwe s Platini and parts of South Africa.