Overall Green Flood alert in Democratic Republic of Congo on 14 Nov 2025 13:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

GDACS ID	FL 1103604
Death:	10
Displaced:	63300
Countries:	Democratic Republic of Congo
From - To	14 Nov - 14 Nov

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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods

Very heavy rainfall affected the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular the Kinshasa capital city area, bordering with Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of the Congo, over 11-12 November, causing floods and river overflow- (in particular the Congo, N'djili, Nsanga and Makelele rivers - that have resulted in casualties and severe damage.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports, as of 14 November, ten fatalities, 153 injured persons, more than 63,300 displaced people and a total of approximately 99,150 affected people across the Kinshasa capital city area. In addition, several infrastructure have been damaged, and two bridges destroyed.
Over the next 48 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the already affected area.

Fri 14 Nov 2025Provided by ECHO Daily Flash

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