Category Food Loss Alert

Situation Dire After Weeks of #Flooding in #Congo #Brazzaville

The UN says thousands of people are forced to sleep outside and are without clean drinking water after ongoing floods damaged homes and water points in the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville). According to a recent report from the UN…

Thousands Affected by #Landslides in Western Region of #Uganda

Landslides in Bundibugyo district in Western Region, Uganda, November 2019. Photo; Uganda Red Cross Landslides in Bundibugyo district in Western Uganda have affected around 4,000 people and destroyed almost 350 homes. Landslides have affected the district since mid-November. On 13…

Deadly heavy #rain triggers massive #landslides and flash #floods in West #Pokot County, #Kenya

Courtesy of Kenya Red Cross Hours of heavy rain in western Kenya triggered massive landslides and flash floods in West Pokot County on 23 November, 2019. The government of West Pokot County said that, as of 24 November, 54 people…

50,000 Affected by #Floods in North and Central Provinces of #Congo Republic

The World Food Program (WFP) reports that flooding has affected around 50,000 people in parts of the Republic of the Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville. Flooding began around the end of October. Media reported that thousands of houses and other buildings…

Thousands Hit by #Floods in #Haut #Uélé and #Tshopo, #DRCongo

A building is almost entirely submerged in water in the Cité Kolongo neighborhood of Bangui in the Central African Republic. Photo: Itunu Kuku/NRC UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reports that flooding has affected thousands of…

Worst #Flooding in 7 Years in #Borno and #Adamawa, #Nigeria Says #UN

Flooding in Rann, Borno State, Nigeria. Credit: GISCOR Flooding has once again hit areas of northeast Nigeria, severely affecting thousands of people in Borno State. Meanwhile the flood situation in neighbouring Adamawa state continues, with almost 20,000 people displaced. The…

Thousands Displaced by #Flooding Along the #UbangiRiver in DR #Congo

Flood damage in Bangui Central African Republic, late October 2019. Photo: Equipe Nationale de Réponse aux Catastrophe de la CRCA Around 40,000 people have been displaced by flooding along the Ubangi River in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).…