Overall Green alert Flood for Chad
in Chad

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100584
Death: 10
Displaced: 31853
Countries: Chad
From - To 20 Aug - 23 Aug

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Western Chad, August 2020According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), flooding struck the areas of NDjamena, capital of Chad, on 20 August 2020. Flooding destroyed 230 homes and damaged around 100 others, displacing 1,502 people from 327 households. Three people died.Thu 20 Aug 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 4 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Isaias makes landfall and threatens tornadoes, ferocious winds and flo ... Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:50:00 +0200.

(CNN) - Isaias slammed into the East Coast overnight, causing rapid flooding, water rescues and the threat of New York's strongest winds since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Isaias hurled sustained winds of 85 mph and became a Category 1 hurrica
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Heavy Rain to Cause Life Threatening Flooding Across the Lower Missour ... Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:50:00 +0200.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), INFORM (2),