Namibia: Floods - Jan 2023 Updates

What happened, where and when? Heavy rains were received in southeastern parts of Angola and northeastern parts of Namibia in the Cuvelai catchment during the 2nd week of January 2023, resulting in...

From July to September 2023, 22 percent of the population experienced high levels of acute food insecurity. Urgent action is needed to reduce food gaps and protect livelihoods.

In Numbers Net Funding Requirements: USD 3.6 m (May – October 2023) People Assisted in April 2023: Home-Grown School Feeding Programme: 11,730 school children Integrated Community-based Food Systems...

Highlights Seasonal cumulative rainfall has been below average in central and western parts of the region, northern Madagascar, north-eastern Mozambique, and north-eastern Tanzania during the 2022/23...

Highlights The western parts of the region received below average rainfall between October 2022 and January 2023. An extended January dry spell in central and southern parts of the region resulted in...

Overview: In East Africa, planting of Belg season maize crops began in Ethiopia with concern due to ongoing impacts of dry conditions, conflict, and socio-economic challenges that were present in the...

Overview Between September and December 2022, an estimated 376,000 people (or 14% of the population), according to the most recent IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis conducted in September 2022, were...

What happened, where and when? Heavy rains were received in southeastern parts of Angola and northeastern parts of Namibia in the Cuvelai catchment during the 2nd week of January 2023, resulting in...

Southern Africa experiences flooding, abnormal dryness AFRICA WEATHER HAZARDS Abnormal dryness persists in southeastern Tanzania and northeastern Mozambique, with below-average rainfall since October...

Highlights Many parts of the region have received cumulatively near normal rainfall as of early January. Dry hot conditions in early January negatively affecting crops in southern parts of the...

Drought grows in East Africa; Southern Africa experiences flooding, dryness, and abnormal heat AFRICA WEATHER HAZARDS Poor rainfall since October has maintained abnormal dryness in parts of Kenya,...

Abnormal heat in southern Africa as dryness and drought persist in Eastern Africa Dry, erratic conditions since the onset of the October to December season have resulted in abnormal dryness across...

Dryness persists in Eastern Africa while parts of southern Africa experience abnormal heat A dry and erratic October to December season in Eastern Africa has resulted in abnormally dry conditions...