Overall Orange alert Flood
in Burundi

Flood impact summary

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

GDACS ID: 1102544
Deaths: 1
Displaced: 204794
Region: Gitaza
Countries: Burundi
From - To 17 Mar - 28 Apr
Known identifiers for this event: FL-2024-000047-BDI

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 21-04-2024

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 1 Burundi Gitaza
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 8 Burundi Buganda
affected 162350 Burundi Cibitoke, Makamba, Bujumbura Mairie, Rumonge
affected 2580 Burundi Burundi
displaced 2309 Burundi Burundi
displaced 100000 Burundi Cibitoke, Rumonge, Bujumbura Mairie, Makamba
displaced 2485 Burundi -
displaced 100000 Burundi Rumonge, Cibitoke, Bujumbura Mairie, Makamba
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses 753 Burundi Burundi
houses destroyed 1350 Burundi Rumonge, Cibitoke, Bujumbura Mairie, Makamba
houses destroyed 497 Burundi Gitaza

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2024-03-10 / 2024-05-05  

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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 0 deaths and 2309 displaced 17 Mar 2024 25 Mar 2024 GLOFAS
2 0 deaths and 100000 displaced 31 Mar 2024 19 Apr 2024 GLOFAS
3 1 deaths and 2485 displaced 19 Apr 2024 21 Apr 2024 GLOFAS
4 0 deaths and 100000 displaced 19 Apr 2024 28 Apr 2024 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.