Floods

For, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Jens Laerke says in Geneva that in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), the United Nations was responding to a flood disaster, “unprecedented in scale for six…

A state of humanitarian emergency has been announced in the Republic of Congo, following flooding caused by heavy rains that's been pouring for over a month. The government also announced the release of an emergency fund estimated at 4…

Flash floods have killed at least twenty-one people in Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province, South African officials said. “As of Friday, 29 December 2023, a total of 21 bodies have been recovered,” said police spokesperson Colonel Robert…

More than a million people have been displaced by flooding caused by heavy rains that have been affecting Somalia for several weeks, the Somali president announced. The Horn of Africa is facing torrential rains and floods linked to the…

The death toll from devastating floods continues to rise in Kenya reaching at least 20. Late on Thursday, at least eight people were reported to have drowned in southern Kenya as they tried to cross the flooded Muuoni river in Makueni…

Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of Somalia, according to the Somali government. Residents in Beledweyne, in central Somalia, could be seen wading through floodwaters. Local resident…

The eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday counted its dead in the thousands, and feared a very heavy toll, after two dams broke under the pressure of torrential rains, releasing powerful floodwaters that swept away everything in their…

Four people, including two children, are missing as the heaviest rain to hit the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods causing "unimaginable" damage. Officials said the storm, which started on…

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has said that over 4.3 million Nigerians in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are affected by severe hunger and malnutrition. READ ALSO:United Nation Fights…

The toll from floods and landslides in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has risen to 203 people dead as more bodies are recovered, an administrative official said. The provisional death toll, announced late by the provincial…