2022 Chad floods

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2022 Chad floods
DateJuly 2022 – present
Location Republic of Chad
Deaths22 [1]

The 2022 Chadian floods began in the Republic of Chad during July 2022 and currently continued till September 2022 following the heaviest rains in the country since 1990. [2] [1] An estimated 442,000 Chadians had been affected or displaced by flooding by the end of August 2022, including in large parts of the national capital, N'Djamena. [2]

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Cause

Chad, as well as neighboring countries across Central and West Africa, experienced above-normal rainfall during July and August 2022, causing floods in many countries. [2] According to Idriss Abdallah Hassan, an official with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and National Meteorology, the government weather agency, "The country has not recorded such a quantity of rainwater since 1990." [2]

Damage

Twenty-two people had died as a result of the floods by mid-August 2022, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). [1] An estimated 442,000 people were displaced by flooding by the end of August 2022. [2] Officials with the state weather agency described the flooding as "catastrophic". [2]

Flooding destroyed an estimated 2,700 hectares of crops and arable farming land during August 2022. [1]

Parts of the city of N'Djamena were hit particularly hard by the floods, with areas of the capital accessible only by boat. [2] N'Djamena's Eighth District flooded beginning in July 2022 and remained underwater in early September 2022. [2] According to Chadian officials and residents of the Eighth District, all of the district's neighborhoods were flooded. [2] Residents sought shelter in other parts of the city. [2]

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References

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