Overall Orange Flood in Rwanda from 01 May 2023 01:00 UTC to 03 May 2023 01:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Flood

in Rwanda

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1101977
Glide number:	FL-2023-000064-RWA
Death:	109
Displaced:	-
Countries:	Rwanda
From - To	01 May - 03 May

GDACS Score

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Virtual OSOCC

Meteo assessment

Satellite products

Analytical products

Flood in Rwanda - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationFri, 05 May 2023 09:20

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

Flood in Rwanda - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationMon, 08 May 2023 09:29

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

Flood in Rwanda - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 09 May 2023 09:16

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

Flood in Rwanda - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 10 May 2023 18:59

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available

Flood in Rwanda - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationThu, 11 May 2023 09:17

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

Flood in Rwanda - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationMon, 15 May 2023 13:37

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

Rwanda, Early May 2023State media and local officials reported severe flooding and landslides in the Western and Northern Provinces of Rwanda after heavy rain from 01 May 2023. Houses collapsed and roads were destroyed. As of 03 May, over 100 fatalities were reported, with more feared missing or dead. Numerous injuries were also reported. Full damage assessments were yet to be completed and details were incomplete, as of 03 May, in particular for Northern Province.Wed 3 May 2023Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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127 die as flood hits Rwanda 5/3/2023 7:22:00 PM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 10 May 2023

10/May/2023 18:59 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),

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