South Africa: Floods - Mar 2014 Updates

Situation Overview The 2014/2015 Southern African rainfall season, which stretches from October to May , saw severe floods in the east of the region. The remainder of the region experienced poor...

Overview of Host National Society The National Society volunteers were deployed to affected villages since the beginning of the floods operation. The IFRC Southern Africa Regional Office (SARO)...

Situation Overview During the 2013/2014 rainfall season (October 2013 - May 2014), severe weather events caused flooding in several Southern African countries, with almost all affected by some level...

HIGHLIGHTS An estimated 383,261 people were affected by floods or storms and at least 117 people lost their lives during the 2013/2014 rainfall season. Tropical Cyclone Hellen, which impacted...

Overview of major revisions made to emergency plan of action CHF 165,035 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 21 March 2014 to support SARCS Limpopo Province in...

 A decrease in rainfall has been recorded over Southern Africa during the past week.  A favorable start of the March-May season has been observed over the Greater Horn of Africa. Heavy and...

Hansika Bhagani, IFRC When heavy rains hit the northwestern parts of South Africa in early March, few expected it to cause the devastation it has now inflicted. One of the worst affected areas is...

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster From 01 March to 18 March 2014 the north-eastern parts of the country experienced heavy and extended rainfall which led to extensive flooding and...

HIGHLIGHTS Mozambique: Seven river basins are on alert. In central Sofala the Pungue River burst its banks, cutting road access between Beira and the Zimbabwe border. In Zambezia, some people living...

Highlights Heavy rains experienced in February and early March 2014 Floods cause devastation in several parts of the region Cholera outbreak spread to more areas in Namibia

Rains maintain flooding and ground saturation risks throughout southern Africa Africa Weather Hazards 1.Heavy rains over the past several weeks have destroyed houses, damaged infrastructure, and...

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A favorable distribution of rainfall was observed over Southern Africa during the past week. Widespread and above-average rains fell across the Greater Horn of Africa during the past week.

Heavy downpours over the past few weeks have caused the overflowing of the Licungo River across the Zambezia province of northern Mozambique. The flooding has negatively affected the livelihoods of...