OCHA Situation Report No. 13
Southern Africa: Floods
28 March 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

1. Rainfall analysis for the last 30 days reveals that the areas of 
northern Namibia and southern Angola have received more rain than the 
seasonal average for this period (figure 1).

2. Heavy rains in the past week have caused rises in rivers in Mozambique, 
where at least one has surpassed the alert level (Pungue in Sofala 
province, Mozambique). Rains have continued in Angola and eastern South 
Africa and across northern Mozambique.

3. According to the latest figures from national disaster authorities, the 
cumulative number of people affected by rains, floods and cyclones since 
October 2007 in southern Africa is of 1,049,516.


                Affected (Persons)          Causes
     Angola           81,400              Rains, flooding
     Lesotho           4,500              Tornado, hailstorms
     Madagascar      332,391              Cyclone, rains, flooding
     Malawi          180,246              Rains, flooding
     Mozambique      113,535              Flooding, cyclone
                  (in resettlement
                  centres) +
                     160,000
                  (2007 caseload) +
                      60,000
                 affected by "Jokwe"

     Namibia          65,000              Rains, flooding
     Swaziland         2,500              Rains, hailstorms
     Zambia           34,776              Rains, flooding
     Zimbabwe         15,168              Rains, flooding
     Total         1,049,516



Contact details:

Andrea Recchia,
Humanitarian Affairs Officer (Johannesburg),
+27 11 517 1624

Alfred Nabeta,
Desk Officer (Geneva),
+41 22 917 2732

Mette Tangen,
Desk Officer (New York),
+1 917 367 3001

Elizabeth Byrs,
Press contact (Geneva),
+41 22 917 2653

Stephanie Bunker,
Press contact (New York),
+1 917 367 5126

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