Overall Green alert Flood
in South Africa

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103236
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: South Africa
From - To 25 Apr - 27 Apr

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KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Late April 2025Heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, in late April 2025.Sun 27 Apr 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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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),