Spring in D.C. is pure magic, with cherry blossoms in bloom and tourists flooding the streets. The city couldn’t be more ...

Driven by its commitment to create a flood-free Lagos, the state government actively removed 1,141 illegal structures in the ...

Raging waters claim over 40 lives in Nairobi, Kigali, Kinshasa and Kampala during current ...

Urban flooding is a major problem in the global south. In west and central Africa, more than 4 million people were affected by flooding in 2024. In Ghana, cities suffer damage from flooding every year ...

The findings highlight the precarious situation of Kinshasa residents, now at about 18 million, who mostly live in dense informal housing in areas especially vulnerable to floods and landslides as the ...

deploying emergency pumps across key flood-prone areas. This swift action aims to protect lives, safeguard property, and keep Africa’s largest city moving. On Thursday, officials announced that the ...

In a statement shared with ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner ... counting their losses following the floods, describing the disaster as having torn the city “into two,” according to a local ...

40 pm (ACI Africa). Caritas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched an appeal for humanitarian assistance for the victims of the April 5-6 flooding that left a trail of destruction in ...

He says Hurricane Ida, which brought flash flooding to the city in 2021, was one of the worst moments for his community. Garages and basements flooded in minutes. "The insurance didn't pay ...

Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky in the USA on Monday, submerging neighbourhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital.