Overall Green alert Flood for Democratic Republic of the Congo
in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100684
Death: 22
Displaced: -
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
From - To 01 Dec - 14 Dec

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Uvira, DR Congo, December 2020Media in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) reported another incident of severe flooding in Uvira in South Kivu Province, the city devastated by flooding in April this year. Flooding struck on 12 December. Media reported at least 4 fatalities and 2 people missing and 2 seriously injured.Fri 11 Dec 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 3 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Passion for solving water problems pays offSat, 05 Dec 2020 00:48:00 +0100.

Water has caused many problems for Thailand. The country is routinely hit by droughts alternating with floods. Yet in terms of water management, Thailand has been blessed with one thing: the country had King Rama IX who spent decades trying
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Flood victims in Lao PDR benefit from Japanese funded housing and wate ... Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:47:00 +0100.

Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) Source: UN Human Settlements Program Sanamxay District, Lao PDR, 16 November 2020 – Hundreds of flood victims were recently gifted post emergency shelter built by Japanese aid. Japan’s ambassa
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Headline 20 mins ago ‘Ulysses’ death toll now 69 The official death to ... Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:30:00 +0100.

The official death toll as a result of typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) has already reached 69 with 21 injured and 12 still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Sunday disclosed. In a re
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),