Overall Green alert Flood
in Tanzania

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102370
Death: 49
Displaced: 27500
Countries: Tanzania
From - To 02 Dec - 04 Dec

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Tanzania - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 07 Dec 2023)Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:24

  • Heavy rainfall affected northern Tanzania, in particular the Manyara Region, over the period from 2 to 6 December, causing severe floods, flash floods and triggering several landslides that have resulted in more casualties and widespread damage.
  • Local media report, as of 7 December, 69 fatalities and nearly 120 injured people in the Katesh Town area, north of the Capital Dodoma, Hanang District, western Manyara Region, mainly due to landslides occurred on 2-3 December. In addition, media also reports a total of approximately 1,150 damaged houses across the affected area.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole country.
Tanzania - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 13 Dec 2023)Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:37

  • The humanitarian impact is still increasing following floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rainfall that has been hitting most of northern and central Tanzania since the beginning of December.
  • According to UN OCHA, 88 people died, 139 were injured and 5,000 have been affected. The rainfall and consequent mudslides have contaminated most of the water sources, creating concerns about an outbreak of communicable diseases.
  • National authorities, UN agencies and NGOs are providing help for those affected with food and non-food items.
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast across most of central and northern Tanzania.
Manyara Region, Tanzania, Early December 2023Severe flooding and landslides caused damages and fatalities in the Hanang District of the northern Manyara Region of Tanzania from late on 02 December 2023.Mon 4 Dec 2023Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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