Overall Orange alert Flood
in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

GDACS ID FL 1103210
Glide number: FL-2025-000050-COD
Death: 167
Displaced: 17025
Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo
From - To 28 Mar - 17 Apr

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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods, update (ECHO 15 Apr 2025)Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:06

  • The humanitarian impact of the floods caused by the Ndjili river overflow that occurred between 4 and 11 April across 13 municipalities of the Kinshasa capital city (western Democratic Republic of the Congo) is still increasing.
  • According to media reports, as of 15 April, the death toll has risen to 165 fatalities, 170 people have been injured, and more than 7,025 people are still displaced in emergency shelters. In addition, as of 13 April, the IFRC reported 60,070 affected people.
  • Over the next 48 hours, more rainfall is still forecast over the Kinshasa city area.
Tanganyika Province, DR Congo, Late March to April 2025IFRC reported flooding in Tanganyika Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from late March and into April 2025.Fri 11 Apr 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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),