What happened, where and when? In the latest quater of 2023, South Africa has seen some of the south provinces experiencing floods and severe weather storms with successive strikes from September to...
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South Africa - Wildfires, update (JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 01 February 2024)
Several wildfires continue to affect the Greater Cape Town area and the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province over the last week, causing evacuations and widespread damage. According to the JRC...
South Africa Storm Surge - DREF Operation MDRZA016
Date of event / Date when the trigger was met 2024-01-07 What happened, where and when? On the 07th of January 2024 to date, storm surge resulted to flooding affected KwaZulu Natal and Free State...
South Africa - Floods (South African Weather Service, media, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 January 2024)
Since December, the KwaZulu-Natal Province is experiencing heavy rainfall that caused floods and resulted in an increasing number of fatalities and damage. According to media reports, at least 31...
South Africa - Floods (South Africa News Agency, South Africa Weather Service) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 December 2023)
Over the past few days, heavy rainfall has affected the Dundee City area in KwaZulu-Natal Province, eastern South Africa, causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage. According to the news...
Disaster teams respond to Dundee flood victims
KwaZulu-Natal Disaster Management teams have swiftly responded to the disaster caused by devastating thunderstorms in and around Dundee, under Umzinyathi District, following inclement weather that...
KZN disaster teams respond to storm-affected families
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) has responded to the disasters caused by thunderstorms in the Umgungundlovu and Harry Gwala Districts, following the inclement weather...
South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Floods, Operation Update (MDRZA012)
• This Operations Update (OU) reports on the accomplished objectives achieved since the beginning of the Emergency Appeal (EA). The South African Red Cross Society (SARCS) Emergency Appeal for floods...
South Africa - Severe weather and floods (CatNat, media, South African Weather Service) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 October 2023)
On 21-22 October heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms and strong winds have affected KwaZulu-Natal Region, eastern South Africa, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in...
Disaster teams respond to damage caused by heavy rains in KZN
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Disaster Management teams are currently assisting people affected by heavy rainfall and strong winds that caused widespread destruction, particularly in Mtubatuba in the...
South Africa: Floods, DREF Operation (MDRZA015)
Description of the Event What happened, where and when? Severe weather between Sept. 23-26 resulted in flooding, loss of life and displacement of residents, severe damage on private and public...
South Africa: Fire - DREF Operation Update (MDRZA014)
Description of the Event What happened, where and when? In South Africa, unstructured fires are on the rise in the informal settlements especially in this winter season. The fire that blazed one of...
South Africa: Fire - DREF Operation MDRZA014
What happened, where and when? In South Africa, unstructured fires are on the rise in the informal settlements especially in this winter season. Recently, on 16th of July 2022, the KwaZulu Natal...
South Africa - Severe weather (SAWS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 June 2023)
Heavy rainfall and strong wind have been affecting eastern South Africa, in particular the KwaZulu-Natal Province, since 27 June, causing floods and some severe weather-related incidents that have...
More than 1 000 flood victims receive ForAfrika food hampers to sustain them for two weeks
More than 1 000 people in the Western Cape who have been forced to flee their homes in the wake of deadly floods now have two weeks’ supply of food, says Adel Terblanche, ForAfrika’s Western Cape...
South Africa - Floods (Floodlist, media, SAWS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 March 2023)
Heavy rainfall has been affecting southern South Africa (in particular the Eastern Cape Province) since 23 March, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. The worst affected...
South Africa: Floods, Operation Update (MDRZA013)
Description of the Event What happened, where and when? The South African Weather Services issued a media release on the 9th of December 2022, indicating parts of Gauteng Province and North West...
Limpopo communities warned of possible flooding
The Limpopo MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA), Basikopo Makamu, and the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders have urged communities to be cautious...
South Africa - Floods, update (Floodlist, media, Weather SA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 February 2023)
Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of South Africa (in particular the Provinces of Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, and North West) since 17 February, causing floods and...
Eastern Cape floods cause R4.5 billion road, bridge infrastructure damage
It will cost the Eastern Cape provincial government an estimated R4.5 billion to fix and replace road and bridge infrastructure damaged by the floods that battered the province last week. This was on...