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Dosso - Niger - Flood - Pre-event Situation, Reference Map (9 Sep 2017)

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Torrential rains at the end of August 2017 have caused serious flooding in Niger. The authorities reported that hundreds of houses have been destroyed; key roads cut in several parts of the country and an evacuation of thousands of people in the capital, Niamey, has been ordered.

The present map shows basic topographic features derived from public datasets, refined by means of visual interpretation of pre-event imagery.