Tanzania: Floods - Nov 2023

Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Tanzania, in particular the Arusha Region, bordering with southern Kenya since late October, causing floods, flash floods and rivers overflow that have resulted casualties and damage. Media report, as of 16 November, ten fatalities, approximately 90 displaced families and a number of damaged houses and bridges across the Arusha District, Arusha Region. The worst affected villages and neighbourhoods in Arusha District are Muriet, Terrat, Elerai, Morombo, Lolovono and Ngarenaro. Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over most of the country. (ECHO, 16 Nov 2023)

The latest update received from local government, shared on 13 November, reported more than 10,090 people, or 2,018 households suffered floods and landslide are affected with 12 deaths reported, 1,245 houses completely destroyed, and 1,074 latrines collapsed. The figures are likely to increase given the difficult access to most of the affected areas due to water levels. People in these affected areas have been evacuated to earlier mapped out safer areas. However, they have limited access to basic services. (IFRC, 23 Nov 2023)

Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern, western and eastern Tanzania since mid-October due to the so-termed short rainy season that lasts from October to December causing floods, flash floods, rivers overflow and triggering landslides that have resulted in more casualties and widespread damage. The worst affected are the Arusha Region in the north bordering with southern Kenya, the Kigoma and Kagera Regions in the west bordering with Rwanda and Burundi and the Coast Region as well as the Zanzibar Island in the east. Also Dar es Salaam, the main city of the country was severely affected. ECHO, 24 Nov 2023

Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Tanzania, in particular the Manyara Region, since 2 December, causing severe floods and triggering several landslides that have resulted in casualties and widespread damage. Media report, as of 4 December, 47 fatalities and 85 injured people in the Katesh Town area, north of the Capital Dodoma, Hanang District, western Manyara Region, mainly due to landslides occurred on 2-3 December. In addition, media also reports an unconfirmed number of damaged houses and several blocked roads across the affected area. Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole country. (ECHO, 4 Dec 2023)

Heavy rainfall affected northern Tanzania, in particular the Manyara Region, over the period from 2 to 6 December, causing severe floods, flash floods and triggering several landslides that have resulted in more casualties and widespread damage. Local media report, as of 7 December, 69 fatalities and nearly 120 injured people in the Katesh Town area, north of the Capital Dodoma, Hanang District, western Manyara Region, mainly due to landslides occurred on 2-3 December. In addition, media also reports a total of approximately 1,150 damaged houses across the affected area. Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole country. (ECHO, 7 Dec 2023)