Kenya – Floods Leave Dozens Dead and 211,000 Displaced
More than 211,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Kenya according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). According to the OCHA…
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Somalia – Floods in 3 Regions as Juba and Shabelle Rivers Rise
Update, 26 April 2018: A UN report (pdf) says that around 50,000 people have been displaced by flooding, mostly in Galgadud, Hiraan and Middle Juba regions. At least 5 flood…
Rwanda – Floods and Landslides Leave 18 Dead
Rwanda’s Ministry of Disaster Management (MIDIMAR) said that at least 18 people have died in the last 24 hours (23 to 24 April, 2018) as a result of floods and…
Réunion and Mauritius – Heavy Rain from Tropical Cyclone Fakir Triggers Deadly Landslide
Tropical Cyclone ‘Fakir’ formed on 23 April, 2018, over the south-western Indian Ocean, north-northeast of Madagascar, and started moving towards Réunion (France) and Mauritius, where cyclone warnings were issued. Mauritius…
Kenya – Thousands Displaced as Flooding Continues
Further flooding in Kenya has left over 33,000 people displaced. Local authorities say that more than 20 people have died over the past 10 days. Several counties have been affected,…
Updated: Tanzania – 9 Dead as Flooding Hits Dar es Salaam
Update, 18 April 2018 A total of 20 people have now died in recent flooding in Tanzania, with around 250 homes reportedly destroyed. AFP are reporting that the death toll…
Malawi – Thousands Hit by Floods in Northern and Central Regions
Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has reported heavy rain and flooding in parts of Northern and Central Regions, affecting over 2,000 people and damaging roads and hundreds of…
Senegal City Races to Move Families as Sea Swallows Homes
A scheme backed by the World Bank aims to resettle 10,000 residents from the crumbling coast of Saint-Louis. SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal, April 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – ” Mum, mum, get…
South Africa – Floods in Gauteng After a Month of Rain Falls in One Day
Update, 24 March 2018 Local media reported on 24 March that at least 7 people died when a bus was swept away by a flooded river in Lesotho. The incident…
Madagascar – Tropical Cyclone Eliakim Leaves 17 Dead and 6,000 Displaced
Tropical Cyclone Eliakim made landfall on the peninsula of Masoala in north east Madagascar on 16 March, 2018. Meteo Madagascar issued red level warnings for heavy rain in Analanjirofo, Atsinanana,…
Kenya – Deadly Floods Strike Again
Floods have once again wreaked havoc in several parts of Kenya. At least 15 people are thought to have died and hundreds forced to evacuate their homes over the last…
Burundi – Deadly Landslide in Bujumbura
A landslide triggered by heavy rain left at least 6 people dead and 3 injured in Burundi. The incident occurred early on 16 March near the Gasenyi river in the…
Uganda – Floods in Mbarara Leave at Least 1 Dead
A short period of torrential rain during the evening of 14 March, 2018, caused severe flash floods in Mbarara District, western Uganda. At least 1 person had died in the…
NASA’s GPM Observes Tropical Cyclone Eliakim Forming Near Madagascar
NASA got an inside look at the heavy rainfall within developing Tropical cyclone Eliakim near Madagascar. The new tropical cyclone that may affect Madagascar in a few days has been…
Malawi – Floods in Central and Southern Regions Affect 2,000
Flooding in Malawi has affected over 2,000 people in parts of Central and Southern regions since 03 March, with more heavy rain a possibility over the coming days. Chikwawa District,…
Angola – 8 Dead, Thousands Displaced After Floods in 3 Provinces
Floods triggered by heavy rain have left at least 8 people dead and thousands displaced in three provinces of Angola, including around the capital Luanda. Luanda Province According to Angola…
