Tag: flooding
Heavy rain stops jungle training – soldiers now tasked with flood...
Heavy rains and subsequent flooding has seen soldiers from 2 SA Infantry Battalion having to call an abrupt halt to jungle training in the...
Dam bursts in Kenya
A dam burst in Kenya after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing torrents of water that smashed into two villages killing at least...
Heavy rain, landslides in Kenya
Hiribae Mame stood waist-deep in water outside her wrecked house in eastern Kenya, one of around 200,000 people forced to flee by...
UNICEF says 300,000 displaced by Malawi floods, double previous estimate
More than 300,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Malawi, almost twice as many as previously estimated, the United Nations Children's...
Death toll in Mozambique rises after flooding
More than 100 people have been killed and 150,000 displaced by floods in Mozambique, a senior government official said on Wednesday, as...
SANDF on flood relief standby
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been placed on standby to assist with flood relief as heavy rains continue across...
Rains bring further misery for Central Africa’s displaced
An early start to the rainy season in the Central African Republic has worsened the plight of hundreds of thousands of people...
Namibian Air Force ends Zimbabwe flood rescue mission
The Nambian Air Force (NAF) says the three helicopters which were deployed to Zimbabwe on a flood rescue mission nearly two weeks...
SANDF offers relief to flood-stricken communities in Limpopo and Mpumalanga
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is currently providing disaster relief to flood-stricken communities in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. Over four...
BAE warns of hits from US floods, budget doubts
Europe's biggest defence contractor BAE Systems warned that serious flooding at one of its plants in the United States and uncertainty over...
