| 词条 | 2018 East Africa floods |
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}}{{Infobox flood | name = 2018 East Africa floods | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | duration = Began March 2018, currently ongoing | date = | damages = | fatalities = Nearly 500 | affected = Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Uganda }} The 2018 East Africa Floods are an ongoing natural disaster in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti, and Burundi affecting millions of people. They began when excessive rains began falling in March 2018 following a year of severe drought and are still ongoing as of June 2018, leading to massive flooding, landslides, and the failure and overflow of several dams.[1][2] Record rainfall was recorded in several areas, surpassing various records set during the 1950's and during the 1997–98 El Niño event.[3] Nearly 500 people have lost their lives while hundreds of thousands of others have been displaced.[4] Impact by CountryRwandaFlooding in Rwanda's hill country has caused major landslides that have killed at least 200 people.[1] Over 10,000 houses have been destroyed.[5] In May the Kigali-Gatuna highway, a major road connecting Rwanda to its neighbors, was washed out for nearly a week, cutting off vital trade for the landlocked country. Damages to the roads alone across Rwanda have so far totaled $28 Million.[6] KenyaAt least 186 people in Kenya have been killed by the floods[7] due to mudslides, building collapses, drowning, and capsizing. An additional 283,290 people have been displaced.[8] The floods were a contributing factor to the Patel Dam failure on 9 May, 2018 in Solai, Kenya, which led to 48 of the fatalities in Kenya.[2] Four additional dams near Lake Baringo burst on May 26, killing another 5 people and displacing another 10,000.[4][9] Repairs to road damages in Kenya are currently estimated to cost $187 Million.[6] SomaliaInitial bouts of flooding throughout April and early May killed 5 people, displaced 215,000 people, and affected over 630,000 people in Somalia. Most flooding has occurred along the Jubba and Shabelle rivers, an example of the Somali Flash Flood effect.[5][10] More floods were experienced between May 17 and 21 as Somalia was hit by Cyclone Sagar, the westernmost landfalling cyclone on record in the North Indian Ocean. 31 people were killed, most of them in Somaliland where 80% of the livestock were also killed.[10][11] BurundiIn March, floods in Bujumbura triggered landslides that killed 6 people and affected 12,000 others. Continued flooding throughout April caused a dyke along the Mutumbizi River to fail and ultimately left 1 person dead and 2,573 people homeless. Heavy rainfall throughout May around Gatumba led to massive flooding that affected an additional 12,956 people.[12] DjiboutiDjibouti experienced its worst flooding when hit by Cyclone Sagar, which made landfall on May 19. 20,000 people have been affected and 2 have died.[11]EthiopiaIn Ethiopia 98,000 individuals have been displaced, including 26,000 in Dolo Odo alone. Over 165,000 people have been affected across the country.[13] UgandaIn Uganda, massive flooding in Kampala has exacerbated several public health crises as latrines have flooded in poor areas and standing flood waters have led to greater breeding of mosquitos. This has multiplied a local cholera outbreak that began in February 2018 and has killed 45 people and affected 2000 others.[14] References1. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Quackenbush|first1=Casey|title=200 People Have Been Killed in Landslides Across Rwanda This Year|url=http://time.com/5268983/rwanda-landslides/|accessdate=18 May 2018|publisher=Time|date=8 May 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-floods/kenyan-rose-farm-dam-bursts-sea-of-water-kills-47-idUSKBN1IB0JJ|title=Kenyan rose-farm dam bursts, 'sea of water' kills 47|last=Mukoya|first=Thomas|date=10 May 2018|publisher=Reuters|access-date=10 May 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Kwamboka|first1=Everlyne|title=Embu records highest rain as Narok and Makindu surpass 1997 El Nino levels|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001280113/ongoing-heavy-rains-surpass-1997-el-nino-levels|accessdate=18 May 2018|publisher=The Standard|date=12 May 2018}} 4. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Gebre |first1=Samuel |title=Fatal Floods in Eastern Africa May Mean Yet More Food Shortages |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/fatal-floods-in-eastern-africa-may-mean-yet-more-food-shortages |accessdate=13 June 2018 |work=Bloomberg News |date=29 May 2018}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Okiror|first1=Samuel|title=Lethal flash floods hit east African countries already in dire need|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/08/deadly-flash-floods-east-africa-dire-need-kenya-rwanda-somalia|accessdate=18 May 2018|publisher=The Guardian|date=8 May 2018}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Kanamugire|first1=Johnson|title=Raging floods destroy costly infrastructure in East Africa|url=http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Raging-floods-destroy-costly-infrastructure-East-Africa/2560-4570392-jf9cpsz/index.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|publisher=The EastAfrican|date=19 May 2018}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Floods kill 186 across Kenya: UN agency |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/08/c_137238078.htm |accessdate=13 June 2018 |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=8 June 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Floods death toll rises to 172|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001280826/floods-death-toll-rises-to-172|accessdate=18 May 2018|date=18 May 2018}} 9. ^{{cite news |last1=Kangongo |first1=Joseph |title=Five die, 10,000 displaced after four dams in Baringo burst |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/05/27/five-die-10000-displaced-after-four-dams-in-baringo-burst_c1764331 |accessdate=13 June 2018 |work=The Star |date=27 May 2018}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Henson|first1=Bob|title=Sagar Pounds Somalia; New Cyclone May Threaten Oman|url=https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/sagar-pounds-somalia-new-cyclone-may-threaten-oman|publisher=Weather Underground|accessdate=21 May 2018}} 11. ^1 {{cite web|title=Over 30 Killed As Cyclone Hits Horn of Africa|url=https://theworldnews.net/us-news/over-30-killed-as-cyclone-hits-horn-of-africa|website=The World News|publisher=Voice of America|accessdate=21 May 2018}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Burundi: Floods in Gatumba|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/burundi-floods-gatumba-emergency-plan-action-epoa-dref-n-mdrbi014|website=ReliefWeb|accessdate=22 May 2018}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=East Africa hunger crisis Flash Alert: Floods in East Africa, 11 May 2018|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/east-africa-hunger-crisis-flash-alert-floods-east-africa-11-may-2018|accessdate=18 May 2018|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=12 May 2018}} 14. ^{{cite news|title=Uganda strives to contain raging cholera outbreaks|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/09/c_137164767.htm|accessdate=18 May 2018|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=8 May 2018}} 10 : 2018 floods|2018 in Kenya|2018 in Ethiopia|2018 in Somalia|2018 in Rwanda|2018 in Uganda|2018 in Burundi|2018 in Djibouti|2018 in Africa|Floods in Africa |
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