Overall Green Flood
in South Africa

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103929
Death: 0
Displaced: 764
Countries: South Africa
From - To 03 Jun - 05 Jun

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Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa, Early June 2026Heavy rain and flooding impacted areas of Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces in South Africa in early June 2026. Schools in the two provinces were closed. Local media reported several dams were overflowing.Fri 5 Jun 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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The cheapest climate defence we have is in the ground 6/5/2026 2:55:00 PM.

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Severe weather causes widespread road closures in Garden Route 6/4/2026 5:59:00 PM.

Flooded roads and rising water levels disrupt travel across the Garden Route, Image: Garden Route Municipality. Authorities have urged motorists to exercise caution and use alternative routes as severe weather continues to affect the Garde
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Flood-hit citrus regions face export losses as growers count cost of d.. 6/4/2026 1:38:00 PM.

South Africa''s citrus industry is facing mounting losses after recent floods in the Eastern and Western Cape damaged orchards, disrupted harvesting operations and forced growers to revise export expectations downward at a critical stage of
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),