Floods in Africa
Zimbabwe’s Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and severe localized downpours and the possibility of associated flash flooding in the Matabeleland North and Midlands Provinces, all…
An influx of rural migrants putting extra pressure on Dar es Salaam’s housing supply, forcing poorer residents to move to the periphery, writes Kizito Makoye. DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 24…
Torrential rain and floods hit south and eastern parts of Egypt at the beginning of November, killing 29 people and injuring at least 73 more. The sudden rise in waters…
University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues have developed geospatial science methods to help the Egyptian government determine how to avoid flooding in a coastal mountain region. The…
Gauteng Premier, David Makhura intends to declare some parts of Gauteng disaster areas following the recent fierce flash floods. Parts of Johannesburg, including OR Tambo International Airport, and Ekurhuleni experienced…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian Government is seeking to mitigate severe effects of recurrent flooding with the planned construction of news dams. The Awash Basin Authority of Water Resources,…
At least one person is confirmed dead and seven reported missing in Johannesburg, South Africa, after flash flooding hit the eastern suburbs of the country’s largest city on Wednesday 09…
The first in our series of cases studies in the use of drones in flood mapping and flood disaster risk reduction and recovery looks at how drones were used to…
Update, 31 October 2016 AFP, quoting health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed, reports the death toll from the floods has increased from 15 to at least 22, with 72 injured. The…
Improving drainage, storing the water, then harnessing the community to keep things working is reducing flood risks in Senegal, reports Megan Rowling. YEUMBEUL NORD, Senegal, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
All the various institutions that collect and disseminate weather and climate information in the West African country of Benin are now working together under one umbrella. These include the meteorological…
Local media are reporting that 2 people have died in floods in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The floods were caused by a short period of heavy rain on Sunday…
Flooding in 2016 could be the highest in 50 years, but a web-based forecasting system is alerting people in advance. By Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. BARCELONA, Sept…
According to a recent report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the flood situation in Sudan has deteriorated over the last 2 weeks in particular…
The UN says that the flood situation in Sudan has deteriorated further. In late July, the UN reported that 70 people had died and 80,000 affected by the floods. Since…
KAFFRINE, Senegal, Aug 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Little is left in the house where Fati Camara lived with her four children, after it was hit by heavy rains last…
