Widespread floods, triggered by heavy rainfall, have been affecting KwaZulu-Natal Province (eastern South Africa) over the past few days, leading to damage. According to media reports, hundreds of...
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Guatemala + 1 more
Natural Hazards Monitoring - 20 May 2022
Official Severe Weather Guatemala (Update) On 19 May, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish), reported that from the beginning of the...
South Africa – Flooding and landslides (DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 May 2022)
Following the severe flooding and landslides due to heavy rainfall mid-April April, the President of South Africa declared a national state of disaster on 18 April. Floods happened in the...
Damage to KZN companies estimated at R7 billion
A survey by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has revealed that at least 826 companies were affected by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal, with the cost of the damage estimated at R7...
Companies appointed to build temporary homes in KZN
As the work to repair and rebuild infrastructure damaged by floods in KwaZulu-Natal gets underway, service providers have been appointed to construct 1 810 temporary residential units (TRUs) across...
Uganda + 3 more
UNICEF Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report No. 2 - March - April 2022

Highlights The food security situation has deteriorated in the Karamoja sub-region, with 520,000 people currently food-insecure (Phase 3+) compared with 360,000 in 2021, per the Preliminary...
UNICEF South Africa COVID-19 Situation Report No. 20: January - April 2022

Highlights UNICEF continued to support the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, including direct cold chain support to the Department of Health and through Risk Communication and Community Engagement...
Progress made in restoring water supply to KZN
Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, says the department has made progress in restoring water supply to areas that were severely impacted by the recent devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal. ...
South Africa - Durban Pinetown East Flood Impact (Observed the 14/04/2022)

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Afghanistan + 14 more
Natural disasters during 2021 - human and economic impacts | DG ECHO Daily Map | 12/05/2022

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Landslide Impact Analysis in Ethekwini, Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa as of 20 April 2022 - Imagery Analysis: 20/04/2022 Published: 11/05/2022 V1

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A rapid geospatial analysis of the flood impacts on crops in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa in 2022

An analysis to assess the impacts of floods on cropland in KwaZulu-Natal province was performed using existing data, GIS and remote sensing. The crop mask was derived from the South African National...
A rapid geospatial analysis of the flood impacts on crops in Eastern Cape province of South Africa in 2022

An analysis to assess the impacts of floods on cropland in Eastern Cape province was performed using existing data, GIS and remote sensing. The crop mask was derived from the South African National...
Landslide impact analysis in eThekwini, Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa as of 21 April 2022 - Imagery Analysis: 21/04/2022 Published: 06/05/2022 V1

This map illustrates satellite-detected landslides/mudflow in eThekwini, Metropolitan Municipality, eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa as observed from a Kompsat-3 image...
Government announces KZN flood relief interventions for transport sector
Government has announced multi-faceted interventions for the victims of the KwaZulu-Natal floods ranging from measures to alleviate the economic impact on road users to the rebuilding and...
A rapid geospatial analysis of the flood impacts on crops in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa in 2022

Executive summary South Africa is the southern most country on the African continent with the 121 309 ha of land area and highly dependent on agriculture sector (79 percent of agricultural land area...
Home Affairs to hand over IDs to KZN floods victims
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza and KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala are today scheduled to hand over enabling documents which includes IDs to people who lost their documents as a...
Guatemala: Se registran 8 mil 791 personas afectadas por lluvias
Boletín Informativo No. 200-2022 Según el informe 018 de la Temporada de Lluvias 2022, elaborado por la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres -CONRED- la mañana del martes 03 de mayo...
Guatemala: 8 thousand 791 people affected by rains are registered
Informative Bulletin No. 200-2022 According to report 018 of the Rainy Season 2022, prepared by the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction -CONRED- on the morning of Tuesday, May 03, 2022, 8,791...
Afghanistan: Overview of Natural Disasters (as of 3 May 2022)

From 4 January 2022 to 18 April 2022, 30,697 people were affected by natural disasters throughout Afghanistan. A total of 8 provinces out of 34 experienced some kind of natural disaster during the...