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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 ...
Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 341 people in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, including the city of Durban, and more rainstorms are forecast in the coming days. The ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - Floods that swept through Nigeria's northeastern Borno state have affected up to 1 million people, the state governor said on Wednesday, as authorities scrambled to rescue ...
The area lies in a region of the Great Rift Valley that is susceptible to flash floods. The water ministry said the flood carried away the railway embankment and poured downstream at "a very high speed and velocity". [3] [6] As of 1 May, at least 50 people were known to have died [5] and another 84 were missing. [7] Seventeen bodies were of ...
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.
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
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 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.