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 1102968
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo
From - To 19 Oct - 21 Oct

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Kinshasa Province, DR Congo, October 2024Heavy rain on 19 October 2024 flooded areas of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Sun 20 Oct 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),