Overall Green alert Flood for South Africa
in South Africa

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101249
Death: 8
Displaced: 170
Countries: South Africa
From - To 08 Jan - 20 Jan

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KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, January 2022Flooding affected areas of Ladysmith and Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa from 15 January 2022. KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) said 70 people were evacuated, as of 17 January. The uThukela river broke its banks in Msinga and the Klip river flooded areas of Ladysmith. Media reported 1 fatality.Tue 18 Jan 2022Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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Disaster Assistance Extended Following Severe Weather And Flooding In .. 1/21/2022 12:40:00 AM.

Joint Media Release. Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie. Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience. The Hon Steph Cooke MP. New South Wales Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience State Member for Cootamund
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Disaster Assistance Extended Following Severe Weather And Flooding In .. 1/21/2022 12:38:00 AM.

Joint Media Release. Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie. Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience. The Hon Steph Cooke MP. New South Wales Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience State Member for Cootamund
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MIL-OSI USA: Scalise Announces Over $1 Billion For Flood Protection, H.. 1/19/2022 7:37:00 PM.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released federal funding that includes over $1 billion for flood protection and repairs for Louisiana’s First Congressional
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Corps announces plans for infrastructure, disaster relief funding 1/19/2022 4:57:00 PM.

Another $1 billion will go to fund the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration program, “a historic funding level that will enable significant progress in restoring Florida’s nationally significant Everglades ecosystem,” the Corps said. In addi
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),