Overall Green alert Flood
in Iraq

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102530
Death: 2
Displaced: -
Countries: Iraq
From - To 19 Mar - 21 Mar

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Iraq - Floods (ECHO 20 Mar 2024)Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:14

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting north-eastern Iraq, in particular the Kurdistan region since 18 March, causing floods and flash floods and that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 20 March, two fatalities, at least ten injured people, approximately 30 destroyed houses and around 100 damaged houses across the Duhok City area , Duhok Governorate. Floods were also reported across Erbil, the main city of the Kurdistan region.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the already affected Kurdistan region.
Iraq - Floods and flash floods, update (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:09

  • The amount of humanitarian impact is increasing in Iraq following floods and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall that have been affecting the whole country since 18 March.
  • According to the International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), three people died, 11 others were injured and 627 people have been evacuated in at least ten localities of the northern Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan region. In Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan region, 516 people have been affected by floods in areas like Terawa, Badawa, Koyistan, and Dara Tow.
  • Furthermore, also the Governorates of Diyala and Maysan, eastern Iraq experienced heavy rain and floods where 12 individuals were affected. 
  • For the next 48 hours, light to moderate rain is expected across northern Iraq, close to the border with Türkiye.
Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Mid-March 2024Civil Defence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq reported severe flooding in the region on 19 March 2024.Tue 19 Mar 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Zakho: Nо deaths due tо floods and all affected will be compensated be ... 2024-03-23T16:38+0100.

Shafaq News/ The director оf the Zakho Administration, Kohadar Sheikho, announced оn Saturday that there have been nо reported casualties іn Zakho due tо the flood that swept through the region last week. Speaking at a press conference toda
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Hundreds of Peshmerga fighters volunteer to clean up flood debris in D ... 2024-03-22T13:54+0100.

Shafaq News/ Hundreds of Peshmerga fighters volunteered to clean up debris in Dohuk on Friday, after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides in the city. The soldiers, along with municipality workers, used 50 vehicles to clear the debris
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Iraq: Pluvial/Flash Flood - 03-2024 - flooding and flood-update#1 (202 ... 2024-03-22T10:30+0100.

Description. Updates On the afternoon of 19th March 2024, heavy rain began falling across all provinces of Iraq, varying in amounts. Some provinces were affected by the rain, leading to floods, such as Erbil where 86 families, equivalent to
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Iraq: Pluvial/Flash Flood - 03-2024 - flooding and flood-update#1 (202 ... 2024-03-22T03:30+0100.

Description. Updates On the afternoon of 19th March 2024, heavy rain began falling across all provinces of Iraq, varying in amounts. Some provinces were affected by the rain, leading to floods, such as Erbil where 86 families, equivalent to
...(more)

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