Mali have been affected by heavy rains and wind storm which had a serious impact. 80 families have been affected.
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Gambia have been affected by heavy rains. GRCS reported on 3 Septemberthet 48 households are homeless.
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Intense rains in northern Air Mountains and desert towns affected 7,000 households, damaged 3,500 homes in the commune of Agadez.
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At least three people died and thousands were homeless Tuesday(01/09/2009) in Ouagadougou and its suburbs as the capital of Burkina Faso was hit by floods, officials said - AFP 02/09/2009.
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Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou since 1 September 2009. Roads, bridges and dams have been badly damaged, and a main hospital in the capital is flooded. According to officials, 5 deaths were reported so far and more that 150,000 people left homeless.
Source: International Charter
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Heavy rains caused flooding in Jalabad, eastern Afghanistan. 626 houses destroyed, roughly 4000 people affected. (UNAMA Press Release 01/09/2009)
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A child was killed and more than 3,500 people were left homeless when heavy rains caused houses to collapse in southwestern Mauritania, state media reported on Saturday (29/08/2009)
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697 affected by heavy rains throughout Chile, 4,297 are isolated by the floods.
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Recent heavy rains in Senegal have caused severe floods in almost all suburbs of Dakar. Dozens of volunteers from the Senegalese Red Cross were dispatched to help disaster victims save their belongings and evacuate their flooded homes. 194 affected families received immediate assistance.
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Heavy rains have caused floods in Dakar and other areas of Senegal. According to officials, a number of deaths were reported so far and houses and roads have been destroyed by floods.
Source: International Charter
read moreDue to Khartoum's heavy rains and flooding, five brothers died following a house collapse in Omdurman, the authorities have confirmed that over 20,000 houses have been destroyed by the rains.
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More deaths and destruction of southlands of houses in Khartoum's rain
Source: Miraya FM
read moreVAVUNIYA, 17 August 2009 (IRIN) - Heavy rains exacerbated poor conditions for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Sri Lanka over the weekend.
“We’re not prepared for this. I’m afraid things are going to get much worse,” one international medical officer told IRIN in Vavuniya on 17 August, citing concerns over diarrhoea, dysentery and other waterborne diseases.
“From an epidemiological point of view, this is a public health disaster waiting to happen.”
More than 280,000 people live in 30 government camps in Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna and Trincomalee districts after fleeing fighting between government forces and the now defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May.
Of these, 246,000 are in 14 heavily guarded camps in Vavuniya, mostly in Menik Farm, a sprawling 809ha site divided into six zones about 50km...