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The 2007 floods of Africa was reported by the UN to be one of the worst flooding events in recorded history. [citation needed] The flooding started with rains on September 14, 2007 local time. Over 14 countries had been affected in the continent of Africa, 250 people were reported to have been killed and 1.5 million were otherwise impacted.
2007 South Asian floods: August 15 – 31 600 North Korea: 2007 North Korean floods: August 17 181 China: 2007 Shandong coal mine flood: August 17 – 24 18 United States: 2007 Midwest flooding: August – December 1,287 India: 2007 Bihar flood: September 14 – 17 250 Sudan, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Togo: 2007 African floods
Floods in Africa have led to large losses of life over many decades. ... By year. 2007 African floods; 2009 West Africa floods; 2010 West African floods; 2015 ...
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years. In the most tragic single event, at least 48 people ...
At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years. The National Disaster ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
The cases were from the North Eastern Province and Coast Province of Kenya, which had received heavy rain, causing floods and creating breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which spread the virus of the fever from infected livestock to humans. By 7 January 2007, about 75 people had died and another 183 were infected.
The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. President William ...