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The Nile was also an important part of ancient Egyptian spiritual life. In the Ancient Egyptian religion, Hapi was the god of the Nile and the annual flooding of it. Both he and the pharaoh were thought to control the flooding. The annual flooding of the Nile occasionally was said to be the Arrival of Hapi. [3]
The Shabelle is said to have flooded every other year prior to the 1960s; that decade had only two devastating floods, the hidigsayley in 1965, and the soogudud in 1966. In the 1970s, the most devastating flood was the kabahay of 1978. [13] In 1996, floods devastated three woredas in Ethiopia.
According to statistics, nearly 20,000 families were displaced in Ethiopia in 2016 due to floods and unusual disasters that occurred in various parts of the country. Heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in Oromia and the southern part of the country, resulting in at least 202 deaths. More than 1,000 cattle were also killed and 559 ...
The death toll from the devastating landslides in southern Ethiopia has climbed to 257, according to the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA, which cited local authorities on Wednesday.
At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years. The National Disaster ...
Local officials say children are among those killed and warn the death toll could increase. More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides Skip to main content
The 2020 East Africa floods were a natural disaster in Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti and Tanzania, affecting at least 700,000 people. They began when excessive rains began falling in March, leading to massive flooding and landslides.
The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. Ethiopia’s chief negotiator, Seleshi Bekele, said the ...