Sudan Floods Stories
Local media reports show that River Nile State was among the worst-hit areas, with entire villages submerged, dozens of homes destroyed, and widesprea...
The dispute stemmed from a 2011 contract in which the county engaged Equity Bank to provide a smart card system for revenue collection at the Maasai M...
Motorists have been warned to avoid the area as the floodwaters continue to threaten travel, with an alternative route now in place to ease movement.
The Kenya Meteorological Department warned of intense downpours from Sunday, August 17, with potential flash floods, lightning strikes, strong winds a...
The Meteorological Department said regions in the Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley and the western highlands will receive more than 20 millimetres...
The flooding occurred in Dharali village, located in Uttarkashi district, after a sudden, intense downpour around 1:30 pm local time (08:00 GMT) cause...
In the Tawila locality of North Darfur, humanitarian organisations have had to strengthen their responses to rising cholera cases. They have expanded...
According to World Health Organization (WHO)'s statistics, over the last decade at least three million people have lost their lives to drowning.
Some 40 children, apart from teachers and staff members, were in the school building in India's Rajasthan when the roof collapsed, killing at least fo...
The floods could disrupt over 100 major transportation routes, including vital economic corridors, highlighting increased risk of property damage in l...
The WMO is stepping up efforts to improve flood forecasting through its global initiative and real-time guidance platform, now used in over 70 countri...
What’s often overlooked in the development policies to tackle these threats is a powerful sources of insight: Africa’s own history.
Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation criticised the completion of the $4 billion (h518 billion)billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (...
MSF has raised an alarm that, while medical response efforts are ongoing, the onset of the rainy season poses a grave threat. The resulting floods are...
The DRM strategy seeks to minimise the loss of lives and livelihoods while promoting sustainable development by providing clear guidelines for mitigat...
Afternoon and night showers are expected throughout the week, except on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, which will be partly cloudy.
Significant material damage was recorded in the regions with many families displaced as a result.
The flooding began on Sunday, affecting five kebeles around Omorate town.
The floods, described as the most severe the area has seen in 60 years, devastated the Mokwa districts of Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa following he...
Titus Wesonga, a survivor of the 2024 floods, continues to live in his home on riparian land. His house, like many others in the area, was severely da...
Countries such as central Sudan, eastern South Sudan, parts of Ethiopia, western Kenya, and eastern Uganda could see a 55 per cent probability of abov...
According to Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira, the dam’s water level has risen to 1,057.15 meters above sea level, well beyond its maximum capa...
The Horn of Africa, including Somalia, remains highly vulnerable to climate-related events. Experts have noted a trend of increasing frequency and int...
Local officials said the Kasaba area was only accessible via Lake Tanganyika and was not covered by the mobile phone network, which could delay humani...
Motivated by those painful memories, Mohamed and his team now offer direct home visits, where they sensitise communities on climate resilience, disast...
Among the hazards identified are river overflow, flash floods, damage to property and infrastructure, threats to human and livestock safety, and disru...
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has also projected that rainfall in Kenya and the broader Horn of Africa could intensify in th...
Of Kinshasa’s two flood risks, the impact of Congo River flooding can be observed in large cities located along major rivers, and typically peaks arou...
In Soko Mjinga, more than 200 families have been displaced due to the rising water levels.
Adalbert Rukebanuka, Director General of Planning, Policy, and Risk Reduction, confirmed the fatalities and added that 107 people had been injured in...
