Floods in Africa
Tropical storm Cheneso has continued to cause flooding, fatalities and damages in Madagascar. As of 30 January, the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) said at least 30…
Wide areas of Southern and Central Provinces in Zambia are underwater after long-term rainfall caused rivers to overflow. Disaster authorities in Zambia have described it as a “catastrophic situation”. On…
Overflowing rivers in Mali have caused severe hardship for communities in the Mopti and Tombouctou Regions. Flooding along the Niger river from early December affected the communes of Diré, Gourma-Rharous,…
Tropical Storm Cheneso made landfall in northern Madagascar on 19 January 2023. Disaster authorities report over 700 homes were damaged after heavy rain triggered flooding. One person was reported missing…
Long-term heavy rainfall has caused flooding in areas of southern Angola and across the border in Namibia. Water flowing along rivers including the Cuvelai River in Angola flooding areas in…
Severe weather including heavy rain and flooding has caused fatalities and damages in five provinces of Angola over the last few weeks. Several incidents of severe weather were reported in…
Several people have died after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in the city of Bukavu in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Heavy…
Justin Pringle of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, looks into the problems facing authorities when predicting flood events and developing warning systems in South Africa. In April 2022 the province’s coast…
The Red Cross in the Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville) reported severe flooding in northern parts of the country, where thousands of people have been displaced. Some…
Disaster authorities in Malawi report that over 40 people have died as a result of severe weather in the country since the start of the rainy season in November 2022.…
At least 10 people have lost their lives and hundreds have been displaced after floods in southern parts of the Central Region in Uganda. Uganda Red Cross reported the Rwizi…
Update, 16 December 2022: Local media later reported that the bodies of 2 street children who were swept away by floods were found near Goreangab dam by joint Nampol and…
At least 120 people have lost their lives after torrential rain caused widespread damages, landslides and flooding in the city of Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the Democratic…
Surface water detected by satellite shows that dozens of communities along the Congo River and tributaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been exposed to flood waters over recent…
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched an emergency response to address the most acute needs of people left with minimal access to basic services and exposed to heightened risks of…
At least 17 people are thought to have been swept away by flash flooding along a river in a Johannesburg suburb in South Africa on 03 December 2022. According to…
