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Ethiopia: Flood: 2008/11/02 Country Information on DRR

Period 2008/11/02
Country or District Ethiopia
Event Type Flood
Outline At least 52,000 people have abandoned their homes in Ethiopia's Somali region after the Wade Shabelle and Genale rivers burst their banks following heavy rains.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

Reuters AlertNet 2008/11/21
The death toll from floods in southeastern Ethiopia has risen to 17 and more than 100,000 people have been left homeless, the government said on 21 November 2008.

IRIN News 2008/11/18
Heavy rains pounded western highlands and six woredas [administrative wards] in the Somali region, causing floods

Geographycal Data

OCHA ReliefWeb 2008/11/24
Ethiopia: Flood as of 24 November 2008