Overall Green Flood for Ghana in Ghana on 12 Oct 2019 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Flood for Ghana

in Ghana

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

GDACS ID	FL 1100228
Death:	29
Displaced:	-
Countries:	Ghana
From - To	12 Oct - 12 Oct

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Upper East Region, Ghana, October 2019Days of heavy rain in north-eastern Ghana and bordering areas of Burkina Faso from around 11 October caused devastating flooding in the Upper East Region of Ghana, destroying homes, inundating crops and causing several casualties.Sat 12 Oct 2019Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS

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