Overall White alert Flood
in South Africa

Event summary

This flood can have a no humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1000182
Death: 0
Displaced: 100
Countries: South Africa
From - To 23 Mar - 26 Mar

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 111 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Higher waves, sea levels and tide cycles will leave us vulnerableThu, 29 Mar 2018 23:28:00 +0200.

LARGE tracts of West Cork will remain vulnerable to flooding despite the Office of Public Works spending over €80m on robust defence schemes in the region. According to maps prepared by them as part of their Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessm
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Bush IAH lifts ground stop as severe weather moves through HoustonThu, 29 Mar 2018 04:47:00 +0200.

9:20 p.m. UPDATE: A second round of storms expected to slam the Houston area overnight are stronger than previously forecast, according to the National Weather Service. This means there is an increased chance of flooding, meteorologists pre
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Slight risk of severe weather tonightThu, 29 Mar 2018 02:44:00 +0200.

A wet night across SE Texas with locally heavy rainfall possible with 2-4” forecast with 6” possible. A Tornado Watch is in effect until 9 pm, however chances are low. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through tonight. Because the system has
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Iowa Flood Center debuts new weather stationsThu, 29 Mar 2018 01:05:00 +0200.

By Katie Mills Giorgio, correspondent. Major flooding throughout the state in recent years has many Eastern Iowans more in tune with river levels. The Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa is deploying 20 new, high-tech weather statio
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),