Overall Green alert Flood for South Africa
in South Africa

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101429
Death: 0
Displaced: 200
Countries: South Africa
From - To 21 May - 23 May

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South Africa - Floods, update Tue, 24 May 2022 08:25

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting eastern South Africa (in particular the KwaZulu-Natal Province) since 21 May, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 24 May, one fatality, hundreds of evacuated people, several damaged buildings and destroyed roads across the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The most affected area are the Durban City (the capital of the Province) and Bluff, uMdloti and eThekwini Municipalities. In this letter an evacuation centre was opened for the evacuated people.
  • In April, the Province has been impacted by floods and landslides that resulted in nearly 450 fatalities and more than 6,800 displaced people.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall is forecast over most of the KwaZulu-Natal Province.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Late May 2022Heavy rains and flooding damaged buildings and infrastructure in the coastal town of Umdloti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 21 May 2022. Around 200 people were evacuated following. A building later collapsed but no casualties were reported. eThekwini Municipality also requested people avoid areas of Escombe where damage to buildings was reported.Sun 22 May 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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),