Overall Green alert Flood
in Namibia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103068
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Namibia
From - To 04 Jan - 06 Jan

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Namibia, Early January 2025Heavy rain triggered flooding in areas of Namibia in early January 2025.Sun 5 Jan 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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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Latest media headlines

Namibia: More Rain Expected - As Flooding Fears Loom Among Homeless Re.. 1/9/2025 11:27:00 AM.

More rain has been predicted to fall over most parts of the country over the next few days. The central parts of Namibia are among areas expected to receive heavy downpours. The Windhoek Meteorological Services predicts heavy rainfall, coup
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More rain expected …as flooding fears loom among homeless residents 1/9/2025 8:21:00 AM.

Lahja Nashuuta. More rain has been predicted to fall over most parts of the country over the next few days. The central parts of Namibia are among areas expected to receive heavy downpours. The Windhoek Meteorological Services predicts heav
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City of Windhoek urged to relocate all flood-risk residents 1/8/2025 7:54:00 PM.

Stefanus Nashama. The Katutura Residents Committee (KRC) has called on the City of Windhoek (CoW) to take immediate action and relocate all residents in high-risk flood zones within the Katutura area. In a letter addressed to CoW’s chief ex
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Storage dams receive inflow of nearly 50 million cubic meters 1/8/2025 11:00:00 AM.

Heavy rainfall over the past few days has brought much-needed relief to drought-stricken areas, with storage dams across Namibia recording a combined inflow of 49.6 million cubic meters of water. While this has been a cause for celebration
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),