Overall Orange alert Flood for Uganda
in Uganda

Flood impact summary

Flood Uganda is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1100302
Deaths: 7
Displaced: 80198
Region: Karamoja Traders, Acholi Quarters, Bunyoro Palace, Buganda, Soroti, Bukedi Road, Bugisa sub-region, Mbale, Manafwa, Sironko, Bududa, Bushika, Busulani, Budadiri, Masaba, Butaleja
Countries: Uganda
From - To 03 Dec - 03 Dec
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 03-12-2019

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 7 Uganda Bushika, Busulani, Budadiri, Masaba
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
displaced 55000 Uganda Soroti, Bukedi Road
displaced 24998 Uganda Mbale, Manafwa, Sironko, Bududa
displaced 200 Uganda Sironko
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
agriculture 120000 Uganda -
agriculture - Uganda Bugisa sub-region
houses 85003 Uganda Bugisa sub-region
houses destroyed 25 Uganda Bushika, Butaleja
SENDAI Indicator D N Country Location Info
roads - Uganda Karamoja Traders, Acholi Quarters, Bunyoro Palace, Buganda
transport - Uganda -

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2019-11-26 / 2019-12-10  

Tuesday 26/11Wednesday 27/11Thursday 28/11Friday 29/11Saturday 30/11Sunday 01/12Monday 02/12Tuesday 03/12Wednesday 04/12Thursday 05/12Friday 06/12Saturday 07/12Sunday 08/12Monday 09/12Tuesday 10/12

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 7 deaths and 80198 displaced 03 Dec 2019 03 Dec 2019 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.