Overall Green alert Flood for Burkina Faso
in Burkina Faso

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101570
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Burkina Faso
From - To 03 Aug - 04 Aug

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Centre Region, Burkina Faso, Early August 2022Local media reported many areas of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, were flooded after heavy rain on 03 August 2022. Vehicles were submerged in city streets. No injuries or fatalities were reported.Thu 4 Aug 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),