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: 1100459
Deaths: 11
Displaced: 114600
Region: Kasese, Bundibugyo
Countries: Uganda
From - To 01 May - 09 May
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 05-05-2020

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 1 Uganda Kabale District Headquarters
death 2 Uganda Rubanda
death 4 Uganda Isingiro District Headquarters
death 1 Uganda Bundibugyo
death 3 Uganda Eastern Region
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 120000 Uganda Kasese
affected 3000 Uganda Bundibugyo
displaced 100000 Uganda Kasese
displaced 2000 Uganda Nakapiripirit
displaced 5000 Uganda Isingiro District
displaced 3800 Uganda Mayuge District Farmer s SACCO Mayuge Branch
displaced 3800 Uganda Mayuge
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses damaged - Uganda Kasese
houses destroyed 31 Uganda Rubanda
SENDAI Indicator D N Country Location Info
bridges destroyed - Uganda Kasese
roads - Uganda Kasese

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2020-04-24 / 2020-05-16  

Friday 24/04Saturday 25/04Sunday 26/04Monday 27/04Tuesday 28/04Wednesday 29/04Thursday 30/04Friday 01/05Saturday 02/05Sunday 03/05Monday 04/05Tuesday 05/05Wednesday 06/05Thursday 07/05Friday 08/05Saturday 09/05Sunday 10/05Monday 11/05Tuesday 12/05Wednesday 13/05Thursday 14/05Friday 15/05Saturday 16/05

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 7000 displaced 01 May 2020 01 May 2020 GLOFAS
2 0 deaths and 3800 displaced 01 May 2020 01 May 2020 GLOFAS
3 0 deaths and 3800 displaced 01 May 2020 01 May 2020 GLOFAS
4 1 deaths and 100000 displaced 05 May 2020 05 May 2020 GLOFAS
5 3 deaths 09 May 2020 09 May 2020 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.