Overall Orange alert Flood
in Tanzania

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102555
Glide number: FL-2024-000058-TZA
Death: 169
Displaced: 1660
Countries: Tanzania
From - To 28 Mar - 28 Apr

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Tanzania - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 26 Apr 2024)Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:35

  • Heavy rainfall continues to affect most of Tanzania (in particular Dodoma and Dar es Salaam city areas) since early April, causing floods, flash floods and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and widespread damage.
  • Media report, as of 26 April, 155 fatalities, 236 injured people, more than 200,000 affected people and approximately 10,000 damaged and destroyed buildings (included many schools) across the country. In addition, several roads and bridges have been damaged.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecasted over most of the country.
Tanzania, mid to late April 2024Media report, as of 26 April, 155 fatalities, 236 injured people, more than 200,000 affected people and approximately 10,000 damaged and destroyed buildings (included many schools) across the country. In addition, several roads and bridges have been damaged.Sun 28 Apr 2024DG ECHO Daily Flash (ERCC Portal)
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News - President Kagame condoles with Kenyans as death toll from flood.. 5/2/2024 4:52:00 AM.

President Kagame, in a message to Kenyan Head of State William Ruto on Wednesday evening, said Rwanda stands with the people of Kenya during these trying times. “My sincere condolences to you my brother, President William Ruto and the peopl
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Floods strand dozens of tourists in Kenya's Maasai Mara 5/2/2024 2:44:00 AM.

Nearly 100 tourists are among people marooned after a river overflowed in Kenya's famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve following a heavy downpour, a local administrator said Wednesday. Torrential rains, amplified by the El Nino weather patter
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Floods strand dozens of tourists in Kenya’s Maasai Mara 5/2/2024 1:43:00 AM.

NAIROBI, MAY 2 — Nearly 100 tourists were among people marooned after a river overflowed in Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve following a heavy downpour, a local administrator said Wednesday, as the death toll from flood-related di
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Floods strand dozens of tourists in Kenya’s Maasai Mara 5/2/2024 1:33:00 AM.

NAIROBI - Nearly 100 tourists are among people marooned after a river overflowed in Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve following a heavy downpour, a local administrator said Wednesday. Torrential rains, amplified by the El Nino weat
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),