Overall Green Flood alert for Malawi in Malawi from 03 Jan 2022 01:00 UTC to 05 Jan 2022 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood for Malawi

in Malawi

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1101232
Death:	0
Displaced:	10000
Countries:	Malawi
From - To	03 Jan - 14 Jan

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Malawi, Early January 2022Local / Social media reports showed floods in parts of Blantyre, Malawi, following heavy rains that fell on 03 January 2022. Property and infrastructure was damaged after the Namsolo river broke its banks in Ndirande.Mon 3 Jan 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS

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