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Disaster management authorities in Vietnam report flooding in central areas of the country after severe weather including strong winds, lightning and heavy rain from around 15 October, 2019. Flooding affected…
Heavy rain in southern Turkey caused flash flooding in areas around the city of Gaziantep on 20 October, 2019. Local media said dozens of people were evacuated from flooded homes…
Over 20,000 people have been displaced from their homes after flooding in the Diffa Region of Niger. Media in Niger, quoting officials from the Diffa Region, said the Komadougou river…
More flooding has affected the Eastern Region of Uganda, leaving hundreds homeless. This is the third spate of flooding and rain-related disasters since June this year. Heavy rain in Western…
At least 15 people have died after a dam collapsed in Schetinkino in the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia on 19 October, 2019. News Agency TASS said: “A dam at a…
Days of heavy rain in north-eastern Ghana and bordering areas of Burkina Faso has caused devastating flooding in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The affected districts include Bolgatanga, Kassena-Nankana…
Emergency authorities in Uruguay report that severe weather, including strong winds, heavy rain and floods, has affected wide areas of the country over the last few days. The country has…
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that unprecedented heavy flooding in South Sudan’s Maban County has affected nearly 200,000 people, including refugees and host population. “People are seeking…
Guatemala’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) reported on 17 October severe weather, including heavy rain, floods and landslides, had affected several departments of the country, with Sololá, Sacatepéquez, Retalhuleu…
Update, 18 October 2019: Voice of America (VoA) reports that flooding along the Logone River has also affected parts of Chad as well as areas of the Far North Region…
Heavy rain caused flash floods in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from around 04 October, 2019, leaving at least 6 people dead and around 30 houses…
After floods and landslides in El Salvador and Honduras, the heavy rain has continued in parts of Central America, causing floods in Nicaragua. Nicaragua National System for Prevention and Disaster…
At least 4 people have died after severe weather and heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in El Salvador from 12 October, 2019. According to media reports, 3 people died…
At least 23 people have died in a landslide in southern Ethiopia. The landslide occurred in Konta district, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR), late on 13 October, 2019,…
Flooding has affected 3 regions of Tanzania after days of heavy rain, leaving homes damaged or destroyed, roads blocked and bridges submerged. Heavy rainfall and flooding in the Morogoro region…
Heavy rain triggered deadly flooding and mudslides in Colombia‘s Risaralda Department, leaving at least 1 dead and several injured. The disaster occurred on 13 October, 2019, in the Matecaña neighbourhood…
