Floods in Africa
Heavy rain and flooding continue in Ethiopia, with over 500,000 people affected and around 300,000 displaced since July. Unusually heavy Kiremt season (June to September) rainfall triggered flooding in the…
The flood situation has worsened in the West African countries of Niger and Burkina Faso. More flooding has affected parts of Niger, where almost 330,000 people have been affected by…
At least one person died and hundreds of homes damaged after flash flooding in northern Algeria. The flooding came after stormy weather from 07 to 08 September brought heavy rainfall.…
The United Nations reports that the flood situation in Sudan has worsened over the last few days after further heavy rainfall. In a report of 07 September, the UN Office…
At least 8 people have lost their lives after flooding in parts of Burkina Faso and northern Ghana, West Africa, from late August. Ghana In Ghana, roads, bridges, homes and…
Authorities have activated a state of emergency in Senegal, West Africa, in the face of ongoing floods in several parts of the country. President Macky Sall activated the Plan Orsec…
Thousands and homes and wide areas of crops have been destroyed in recent flooding in the states of Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto, northern Nigeria. As many as 30 people…
More than 600,000 people have been displaced by flooding in South Sudan since July, according to the United Nations. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported…
Almost 120,000 people were displaced by flooding in Chad in north-central Africa during August 2020, according to a report by International Organization for Migration (IOM). At least 32,000 of those…
At least 84 people have died and 381,770 affected by heavy rains and flooding in Sudan since the start of the rainy season in July this year. The UN Office…
Update 28 August 2020: Red Cross Society of Niger (RCSN) reported that as many as 868 houses were destroyed by flooding of the Niger river in Niamey that began 23…
Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding from lakes in Kenya and Uganda, eastern Africa. In Uganda, the government reported that rising water levels on Lake Albert and Lake…
Update, 26 August 2020: In an updated report of 24 August, IOM says that 7,122 households (31,853 individuals) have fled their homes located in 15 quartiers (7 arrondissements) of N’Djamena…
At least 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding from Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya. Meanwhile the Turkwel Dam is expected to overflow, with over 300,000 people facing evacuation. According…
A torrential downpour on 21 August 2020 caused flooding in the city of Douala and surrounding areas of Littoral region in the south west of Cameroon. In Douala, the country’s…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that over 5,000 people have been made homeless by flooding in Cameroon. Heavy rainfall at the end of July…
