Flooding in south eastern Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has left at least 2 people dead.
Flooding first struck areas of Aboisso department on 13 July, 2018. Further flooding was reported over the following days.
More than 500 have been affected, with at least 200 people displaced from their homes.
According to local media, heavy rainfall in south eastern Côte d’Ivoire as well as river catchment areas in neighbouring Ghana, increased levels of the Bia River, causing it to overflow.
Heavy rain has also been reported in parts of the country’s south west. Tabou in Tabou Department of the San-Pédro Region, close to the border with Liberia, has recorded over 140 mm of rain in the last 2 days (14 to 16 July).
Flooding in Abidjan Department in June this year left at least 18 people dead.
Social Media
[Société] Inondations à Aboisso avec 2 morts et plus de 500 familles sinistrées, dont 200 sur des sites provisoires. Situation relative à la montée des eaux du fleuve Bia. #RTIinfo #LesVerificateurs pic.twitter.com/PJJUzTB9nv
— RTI Info (@RTI_info) July 15, 2018
#CIV La ville d’Aboisso est inondée. Les pluies diluviennes ont provoqué la crue des eaux, notamment de la Bia. pic.twitter.com/mHoJ8Bs7N1
— LIDER (@LIDER_CI) July 15, 2018
#inondations à #Aboisso suite à une montée d'eau occasionnant l'ouverture du barrage d'#Ayamé cc @edithbrou #inondationsciv #soutien #civnews pic.twitter.com/amivKJMRNs
— Aubin ZOH (@ZohAubin) July 14, 2018
Pendant ce temps à Aboisso, la montée des eaux de la BIA a provoqué une inondation historique. #Ci225 pic.twitter.com/ZPWYJXnVOD
— Alain Lobognon (@Alainlobog) July 13, 2018
