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The 2023 Western Cape floods were a devastating series of floods affecting the Western Cape province of South Africa as a result of heavy rainfall on 24-25 September 2023. [1] The flooding resulted in at least 11 fatalities, the closure of over 200 roads, and over 80,000 people being left without electricity.
In response to the floods, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared on February 13 the State of National Disaster in seven provinces. [10] On 23 March, heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in parts of the Eastern Cape. The worst affected municipalities were Ingquza Hill, King Sabata Dalindyebo, and Port St Johns.
2018 Japan floods: Japan: 2018 203+ 2017 China floods: China: 2017 200–600 1824 St. Petersburg flood: Russia: 1824 200–600 Chungar landslide, flood, avalanche Peru: 1971 200+ 2008 South China floods: South China: 2008 200 Pamir Mountain area, mud and rock slides, torrential rain Tajikistan: 1992 199 Santa Catarina, Tubarão, torrential ...
Cape towns identify 60 sections of roads vulnerable to storm floods About 60 sections of roads have been identified by towns as vulnerable to storm flooding, according to data collected by the ...
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(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health.