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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 ...
Floods in Africa have led to large losses of life over many decades. [1] In recent years, the effects of floods have been exacerbated by climate change. [2] By year
The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel.The collapse of the Derna Dam and the Abu Mansour Dam released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [6] [7] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited flood affected areas of the KwaZulu-Natal region, as the death toll rose to 306 people on Wednesday, April 13, according to local reports.This ...
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]
Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 306 people in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, including the city of Durban, and more rainstorms are forecast in the coming days. The ...
In the morning hours of 29 April, a railway embankment failed near Mai Mahiu, with the resulting flood killing an additional 61 people [13] with another 84 missing. Schools in Kenya were also barred from re-opening for the second term until further notice.
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.