Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
World + 9 more
World + 9 more
Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
Mozambique + 11 more
Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.
Kenya + 9 more
Flooding along the Tana River in Kenya and the Shabelle River in Ethiopia and Somalia displaced thousands of people. More rainfall is expected.
Mozambique + 8 more
Government resources are limited and levels of relief stocks low while more rain and flooding are expected until the flood and cyclone season ends in April. OCHA's latest situation report provides updates on the affected countries.
Mozambique + 6 more
The region enters the critical period of the rainfall season, and high river levels across the region indicate that more flooding can be expected.
Mozambique + 3 more
In Mozambique, nearly 20,000 people throughout the country have been affected by heavy rains. Almost 6,000 people have been displaced, the majority of them in the capital, Maputo.
Zimbabwe + 8 more
Rivers in Zambezi, Busi, and Pungue basins of Mozambique are already above alert levels, sustaining the potential for additional flooding, and possibly lead to damaged crops in the region. Heavy seasonal rainfall is expected in the next week
By Kevin Nabutuwa-Assistant Director Disaster Emergency Preparedness and Response Continued heavy rainfall has resulted into continued flooding and mudslides across the country. In several districts key infrastructure is at risk of becoming impassible such as Gweri road between Soroti and Katakwi in...
Written by Catherine Ntabadde 15 bodies have so far been exhumed from rubbles of a landslide that occurred at 1:00am in Mabono village, Sisiye Sub County, Mabono Parish, Bulambuli district. Residents and Red Cross Action Teams (RCATs) exhumed the bodies. The bodies retrieved are of 6 children and 9...
231 households accommodating 1, 392 people in the Sub Counties of Mazimasa and Himutu in Butaleja district are logged in water following heavy rains. According to the Vulnerability Assessments conducted by Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), the heavy rains have also destroyed food crops for 592...
MBALE, 18 August 2011 (IRIN) - The long dry spell in the eastern Ugandan district of Bulambuli that left thousands needing food aid has been followed by torrential rains, raising fresh fears of flooding in the area, the Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness said. "I flew over the...
SOROTI, 15 August 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of people are at risk from landslides in eastern Uganda following torrential rains [ http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=88319 ] in several districts, according to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the Uganda Red Cross Society...