Overall Green alert Flood
in Ethiopia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4343
Death: 28
Displaced: 2400
Countries: Ethiopia
From - To 04 Apr - 13 Apr

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 38 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

From 20 to 22 April the city will host the 53rd World ...Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:42:00 +0200.

Dazu berichtet topix.com weiter: A group of around 100 Bernie Sanders supporters showered Hillary Clinton's motorcade in 1,000 single-dollar bills as the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate drove to a fundraiser with George and Amal Cloo
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Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia and powerful earthquake kills 41 ... Sun, 17 Apr 2016 08:40:00 +0200.

On Air: 4.30-7pm Weekdays (Best Of 8-9am Sundays) The Right Hook With his trademark mix of news, comment and opinion, George Hook hosts Newstalk’s drivetime talk show every evening from 4.30pm to 7pm Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia a
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Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia and death toll rises in Japan ea ... Sun, 17 Apr 2016 08:09:00 +0200.

At least 41 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck northwest Ecuador. Officials say the quake, which measured 7.8 in magnitude, has caused "considerable damage". A tsunami warning has also been issued in neighbouring Peru. The
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Ethiopia: Nation On the Brink As Drought BitesSat, 16 Apr 2016 10:07:00 +0200.

Ethiopia is currently dealing with the worst drought in the region in decades. Lives and livelihoods are at stake, as Sophie Cousins reports from Belaya district. Fighting back tears in her mud house in rural Ethiopia, a young woman's son g
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),