Overall Green alert Flood
in Tanzania

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103024
Death: 9
Displaced: -
Countries: Tanzania
From - To 25 Nov - 27 Nov

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Tanzania - Floods (ECHO 02 Dec 2024)Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:35

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Tanzania, in particular the Mara region, bordering with southern Kenya over the past few days, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The IFRC reports, as of 27 November, nine fatalities, 40 injured people and a total of approximately 100 affected people across the Tarime district, northern Mara region. In addition, the same source reports a number of displaced families and four severely damaged houses across the affected area.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole already affected Mara region.
Mara Region, Tanzania, Late November 2024IFRC and local media in Tanzania reported flooding in areas of the Mara Region in late November 2024.Tue 26 Nov 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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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),