Overall Green Flood alert in Democratic Republic of Congo from 04 Apr 2024 01:00 UTC to 15 Apr 2024 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Democratic Republic of Congo

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1102560
Death:	25
Displaced:	-
Countries:	Democratic Republic of Congo
From - To	04 Apr - 15 Apr

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Kwilu Province, DR Congo, April 2024Local media reported fatalities after heavy rain caused a ravine to collapse onto the Kasai River in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 13 April 2024.Mon 15 Apr 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS

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Articles: 33 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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