Tag Archives: Flood
Maputo – At least five people have been killed and more than 5 000 families displaced in flooding in Mozambique’s southern region, government officials said on Friday. Tropical storm Dando, which brought heavy rain, destroyed thousands of homes and flooded … read more »
Posted in Mozambique, News, Southern Africa
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Tagged Bank account, Earth Sciences, Flood, Government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Maputo, Mozambique, tropical cyclone
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Dar es Salaam – The death toll from severe flooding in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam has risen to 38, local authorities said on Friday. “More bodies continue to be retrieved in various parts of the city that were … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Tanzania
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Tagged Dar, Dar es Salaam, Flood, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, Rain, Salaam, Tanzania, Thursday
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September 15, 2011 by benim
As rescuers continue to pump water out of a flooded mine, officials have released the names of the four trapped workers. The four men have been named as Phillip Hill, 45, from Neath, Charles Bresnan, 62, from the Swansea Valley, … read more »
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September 3, 2011 by benim
Residents of Nigeria’s flood-stricken southwest say they are trying to recover after torrential rains washed away homes and killed more than 100 people. Ibadan resident Kafaya Adisa says she lost two children in last week’s flood. The Red Cross said … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Nigerian emergency authorities say at least 29 people have died in weekend floods in two cities of Africa’s most populous nation. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday that at least 20 people died in the commercial … read more »
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January 26, 2011 by benim
Maputo – Mozambican emergency services were on Wednesday put on high alert to respond to flooding as water levels rose and thousands abandoned their houses for higher ground. The country’s highest decision-making body, the council of ministers, issued a red … read more »
Posted in Mozambique, News, Southern Africa
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January 18, 2011 by benim
It was midnight when a neighbor warned Freddie Ramashidza that they were in danger. “I had just finished praying and was falling asleep. When my neighbor knocked on the door, the water was already knee-deep,” he said. Ramashidza is among … read more »
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October 18, 2010 by benim
Flooding in the African nation of Benin has led to the deaths of at least 43 people and left about 98,000 people homeless. Nearly 360,000 people have been affected by the rains and floods, the United Nations said Monday. A … read more »
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October 18, 2010 by benim
Two people, a child and a pregnant mother have been killed by floods in the Central Gonja district of the Northern Region where at least 25,112 people have been displaced. This is as a result of excess spillage from the … read more »
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