Flooding spreads to 3 provinces in South Africa
Further reports emerged yesterday afternoon of the extent of flooding in the northern parts of South Africa, with a woman missing after her car was swept away by floodwaters in…
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Floods in Africa
Floods Kill 5 in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Following weather warnings from the South African Weather Bureau about possible heavy rains and flooding in the five northernmost provinces of the country, reports of widespread flooding in Mpumalanga province…
Zambia: Farms and Roads Hit By Floods
Heavy rains during the second week of February 2014 have washed away portions of Mtenguleni-Madzimawe Road in Chipata District in the Eastern province of Zambia, near the border with Mozambique.…
3 Dead in Mozambique floods
Three children have died and 206 houses have been destroyed in the Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces of northern Mozambique as heavy rains continue to pound the country. The rains…
Burundi Floods – Bujumbura Death Toll Rises
As expected, the death toll is rising in Bujumbura. The landslide and flood disaster struck the Burundi capital of Bujumbura on 10 February. The flash flooding and landslides caused so…
State of Disaster Declared in Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe
The torrential rains and flooding over the past two weeks at the Tokwe-Murkosi Dam in south-central Zimbabwe that have affected more than 22,000 people in the dam’s basin and about…
Deadly Floods and Landslides in Burundi
Around 10 hours of torrential rain during the night of Sunday 9 February and into the early hours of today has led to floods and landslides in the Burundi capital,…
Floods in Tanga, Tanzania
During the night of 6 to 7 February a heavy rainfall in the Tanga region of Tanzania caused severe flooding which destroyed around 80 houses, leaving 100s homeless. The tragedy…
7 killed, 97 injured in floods in Northwest Province of South Africa
Heavy rainfall and flooding has struck part of the Northwest Province of South Africa since Wednesday 5th February, causing several deaths and injuries, damaging roads and bridges, and cutting off…
Zimbabwe – Heavy Rains Threaten Dam Wall
Zimbabwean authorities are evacuating hundreds of families from an area in Masvingo province, south of Harare, who are threatened by floodwaters and the possible collapse of the incomplete wall of…
Flash Flooding in Pretoria
Update: Guateng police have announced that a 52-year-old man was found dead in a stream between Doornkop and Emdeni in Soweto on Tuesday 4 February 2014. The man is believed…
Ghana – Flash Floods in Accra
Two hours of heavy rain on Friday 31 January 2014 led to flash floods across the Ghana capital Accra. Although no casualties have been reported, property and buildings have been…
Johannesburg Hit by Floods
Heavy rain earlier today, Monday 3 February 2014, caused some localised flooding in several roads across Johannesburg, South Africa. Today’s rain and flooding had been predicted. Heavy rain had already…
11 Dead in Mozambique Floods
Days of heavy rain and severe flooding in several areas of Mozambique has left 11 dead and hundreds homeless. The worst affected areas are Nhamatanda, Buzi and Chibabava districts in Sofala…
1 dead and 100s Displaced After Floods in Tanzania
Heavy rain fell on Tuesday 21 January and Wednesday 22 January 2014 in the Manyara, Morogoro and Dodoma regions of Tanzania, causing severe floods. The worst affected area was Kiteto…
20,000 Homeless After Floods in Zambia
Local authorities in Mazabuka in Zambia’s Southern Province, said on Monday 13 January 2014 that 20,000 people have been left homeless by recent floods there and are in need of…
