Overall Green alert Flood for Uganda
in Uganda

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101630
Death: 7
Displaced: 1755
Countries: Uganda
From - To 02 Sep - 11 Sep

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Eastern Region, Uganda, Early September 2022Heavy rain on 09 September caused flash floods along Simu river in Bulambui district, Eastern Region, Uganda. Buildings and crops were damaged or destroyed. Local media and Red Cross reported over 351 households / 1,755 people affected or displaced, and 4 people missing feared dead.Mon 12 Sep 2022FloodList 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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Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Authors: Katy Richardson, Roger Calow, Florence Pichon, Stacey New, and Rebecca Osborne. Executive summary. This report highlights the headline risks to consider in climate resilient development planning for the East Africa region. Key clim
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LIFE 'Floods' The World With Emergency Flood Relief...2022-08-24T20:27+0200.

- EIN Presswire) LIFE Emergency Flood Aid in Uganda. Emergency Flood Relief Aid in Sri Lanka. LIFE Emergency Flood Aid in Sri Lanka. Emergency Flood Relief in Afghanistan. LIFE Emergency Flood Aid in Afghanistan. Life for Relief and Develop
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LIFE ‘Floods’ the World with Emergency Flood Relief2022-08-24T20:02+0200.

AKRON, OH, UNITED STATES, August 24, 2022 / EINPresswire.com / -- With the numerous floods around the world, Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) went to work quickly to provide emergency relief to the thousands in need globally. Relief e
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Africa: Food Fears Grow As African Floods Fail to Subside #AfricaClima ... 2022-08-15T12:25+0200.

Lagos Africa could face increased food insecurity and an unprecedented rural-urban migration crisis if the climate change induced flooding persists, environmentalists say. From January 2022 to August 4, over 682 people have been killed and
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),