Overall Green alert Flood
in Namibia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103201
Death: 0
Displaced: 30
Countries: Namibia
From - To 02 Apr - 04 Apr

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Namibia - Floods (ECHO 14 Apr 2025)Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:06

  • Heavy rains have been affecting Kunene, Omusati, Oshana, Ohangwena, and Zambezi regions in the north of Namibia since 1 March, resulting in floods and causing fatalities.
  • According to local media and as of 8 April, 16 people have drowned since 1 March, and three households needed to be evacuated in the Engela constituency, Ohangwena region. Rural areas have been cut off from essential services and schools have closed, which has resulted in 8,500 students being unable to attend school.
  • Over the next 48 hours, moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rain and thunderstorms is forecasted for the northeast of Namibia.
Namibia, Early April 2025Local media reported flooding in northern Namibia in early April 2025 due to floodwaters coming from Angola.Tue 8 Apr 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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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),