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Frequent heavy rains causing damage and casualties between March and May are common in East Africa – in May 2020 around 80 people were killed by floods in Rwanda. Floods and droughts have increased in Rwanda over a 30-year period. [1] Rwanda's weather authority attributes the unusual rainfall patterns to climate change. [2]
Frequent heavy rains causing damage and casualties between March and May are common in East Africa – in May 2020 around 80 people were killed by floods in Rwanda. Floods and droughts have increased in Rwanda over a 30-year period. [4] Rwanda's weather authority attributes the unusual rainfall patterns to climate change. [5]
The 2024 South Sudan floods refer to catastrophic flooding across the African nation of South Sudan, resulting in "over 735,000 people across 38 of South Sudan’s 78 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area " being directly impacted, and 65,000 people being displaced, of which 41,000 were displaced from Warrap. [1][2]
September 18, 2024 at 7:41 AM. LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it was starting to release ...
Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall, with Burundi calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Lake Tanganyika's rising waters ...
In the last two weeks of August, more than 1.5 million people were displaced across 12 countries in West and Central Africa due to floods, and about 465 have been killed, according to the United ...
Cameroon. As of September 20, as many as 37,439 people from 6,662 families were affected by floods in northern Cameroon. At least 2 people have died and around 95 injured. As many as 9,413 homes and 88 schools had been damaged or destroyed. Around 2,394 hectares of crops were also damaged, and 3,019 heads of cattle were lost.
The catastrophic flooding in Libya that is feared to have left as many as 10,000 people dead is just the latest in a string of intense rain events to hammer various parts of the globe over the ...