Overall Green Flood for Benin in Benin from 15 Aug 2022 01:00 UTC to 17 Aug 2022 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green Flood for Benin

in Benin

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1101611
Death:	2
Displaced:	120
Countries:	Benin
From - To	15 Aug - 17 Aug

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Benin, August 2022Civil Protection in Benin reported the overflow of the Klou river in Gobada district, Savalou commune, Collines department on 15 August. More than a dozen houses were destroyed, creating more than a hundred homeless, Civil Protection said. Media, quoting local officials said 2 people died, and crops, roads, a bridge were damaged or destroyed. Some areas of the region are cut off and inaccessible by road. Little rain was reported in the area, although some parts of the country have seen heavy rain from around mid-August.Fri 26 Aug 2022Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS

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